The folktale narration goes back to art and the tradition of oral speech, (Ong 1984: 1-12) in a period of time when there was no written speech. (Levy- Bruh 1985) Its context is the imaginary narration of events and actions with a natural/real or extra-terrestrial/supernatural character, which represented the initial source of knowledge and learning for the primitive man (Levi- Strauss 1966). Later, by becoming more sophisticated, it was turned into a special cultural expression of the people and was monopolized almost by a children’s audience and the literature for children (Biakolo 1999: 42-65). Continue Reading
Theatre and Education
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Pedagogical use of the storytelling in a contemporary educational environment
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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION STUDENT TEACHERS CROSS THE CULTURAL BORDERS BETWEEN SCIENCE AND SHADOW THEATRE. Α CASE STUDY OF PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEG DEVELOPMENT
In the greater part of the literature on Science Education (SE), the act of teaching is viewed as a dynamic process, which can be described through the interactions of three main factors: the content that has to be taught and learnt; the students; and the teachers (e.g. Fenstermacher 1986, Kariotoglou 2002, 2006). Continue Reading
