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Getting the Art of Hearing: Storytelling, Literacy, Literature, and Cognition

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Storytelling, in the form of simple, conversational oral tales related from memory without illustrations or props, has long been part of education. This chapter summarizes recent studies regarding the role oral narrative plays in neurological and cognitive development by outlining specific benefits accrued from regular story listening. As experiential and collateral learning, story listening can be transformational in intellectual, emotional, social, and moral development. Neurological and cognitive science studies have established how narrative develops a sense of self and others, while also instilling necessary mental and behavioral adaptations to achieve literacy and critical thinking. Historically, storytelling played an informal part in Irish education. Recently, this arts practice has been formalized through artist-in-residence programs in schools, libraries, museums, arts centers and festivals both in the Republic and Northern Ireland. Contemporary educational storytelling provides models of good practice and data to expand our understanding of narrative art in human development.

Keywords: attachment ; collateral learning ; empathy ; flow ; focus ; oracy / orality ; shared reading ; transformative education ; visualization

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