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Paperback.
Like Stephen Krashen's important work in The Power of Reading, Story Proof collects and analyzes the research that validates the importance of story, story reading, and storytelling to the brain development and education of children and adults. Accomplished researcher and storyteller Kendall Haven, establishes the need for understanding the research findings in neural psychology and brain development and the value of a common definition of story if one is to fully grasp the importance and necessity of story to the development of the human mind. To support his case, he reviews a wealth of research from storytellers, teachers, and others ... Read more
Like Stephen Krashen's important work in The Power of Reading, Story Proof collects and analyzes the research that validates the importance of story, story reading, and storytelling to the brain development and education of children and adults. Accomplished researcher and storyteller Kendall Haven, establishes the need for understanding the research findings in neural psychology and brain development and the value of a common definition of story if one is to fully grasp the importance and necessity of story to the development of the human mind. To support his case, he reviews a wealth of research from storytellers, teachers, and others ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
Number of Pages
164
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781591585466
SKU
V9781591585466
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Kendall Haven
Kendall Haven is a former research scientist, an accomplished storyteller, and the author of many books for Libraries Unlimited and Teacher Ideas Press.
Reviews for Story Proof
We have been hearing recently about the trend away from narrative fiction as the choice of a new generation….Haven comes at us with the most articulate defense of story as an essential element in education….He looks at the tradition and examines the research behind story to make his major point that we cannot ignore this genre and that we do ... Read more