The Power of Oral Culture in Education (eBook)

Theorizing Proverbs, Idioms, and Folklore Tales

Ardavan Eizadirad, Njoki Nathani Wane (Herausgeber)

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2023 | 2023
XXII, 305 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-18537-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This volume explores the importance of inter-generational oral culture and stories that transcend time, space, and boundaries transmitted historically from one generation to the next through proverbs, idioms, and folklore tales in different geographical and spatial contexts. These important stories and their embedded life lessons are introduced, explained, and supplemented with pre and post educational activities and lesson plans to be used as learning resources. The centering of orality as a tool and medium for educating the future generation is a reclamation and reaffirmation of Indigeneity, Indigenous knowledges. and non-hegemonic approaches to support students in a socio-culturally sustaining manner. Through this understanding, this book explores the interconnectedness between culture, traditions, language, and way of life through oral storytelling, sharing, and listening.   

Ardavan Eizadirad is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. His research interests include equity, standardized testing, youth violence, community engagement, anti-oppressive practices, critical pedagogy, social justice education, resistance, and decolonization. 

Njoki Nathani Wane is Chair of the Department of Social Justice Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto, Canada. Wane's research interests include African Indigenous knowledges, spirituality, anti-colonial, decolonial, and decolonization theory. 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.3.2023
• Zusatzinfo: XXII, 305 p. 2 illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
• Schlagworte: Cultural Identity • Decolonial pedagogy • Folklore • idioms • Oral culture • Oral Traditions • proverbs • Storytelling
• ISBN-10: 3-031-18537-4 / 3031185374
• ISBN-13: 978-3-031-18537-3 / 9783031185373