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ERIC Number: EJ591811
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0300-4430
The Use of Traditional Storytelling in Education to the Learning of Literacy Skills.
Collins, Fiona
Early Child Development and Care, v152 p77-108 May 1999
Examines the contribution of storytelling to the education of young children, and reviews theoretical frameworks used to contextualize storytelling in formal education. Presents five major types of contributions of storytelling: to other language and expressive arts, to the inner world of affect, to autobiography, to narrative, and to certain aspects of culture. (LBT)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Language Acquisition, Language Arts, Literacy Education, Story Telling, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Culture Transmission; Retelling