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You Don't Know Jack - A Storyteller Goes to School (Paperback)
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You Don't Know Jack - A Storyteller Goes to School (Paperback)
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Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Jack Horner and Jack the Giant
Killer are all famous tales and rhymes featuring the same hero, a
character who often appears in legends, fairy tales, and nursery
rhymes. Unlike moralizing fairy tale heroes, however, Jack is
typically depicted as foolish or lazy, though he often emerges
triumphant through cleverness and tricks. With their roots traced
back to England, Jack tales are an important oral tradition in
Appalachian folklore. It was in his Appalachian upbringing that
Kevin D. Cordi was first introduced to Jack through oral
storytelling traditions. Cordi's love of storytelling eventually
led him down a career path as a professional storyteller, touring
the US for the past twenty-seven years. In addition to his work as
a storyteller, Cordi worked a second job in an unrelated field-a
high school teacher-and for many years, he kept his two lives
separate. Everything changed when Cordi began telling stories in
the classroom and realized he was connecting with his students in
ways he had not previously. Cordi concluded that storytelling,
storymaking, and drama can be used as systems of learning instead
of as just entertainment. In You Don't Know Jack: A Storyteller
Goes to School, Cordi describes the process of integrating
storytelling into his classroom. Using autoethnographic writing, he
reflects upon the use of storytelling and storymaking in order to
promote inquiry and learning. He argues that engaging with the
stories of others, discovering that one voice or identity should
not be valued over the other, and listening, especially listening
to stories of difference, are of utmost importance to education and
growth.
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