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Kendall Haven, "Story Proof: The Science Behind the Startling Power of Story"
Libraries Unlimited | 2007 | ISBN: 1591585465 | 164 pages | PDF | 1,5 MB

Like Stephen Krashen's important work in The Power of Reading, Story Proof collects and analyzes 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 research findings in neural psychology and brain development and the value of a common definition 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 who have experienced the power of story firsthand. The author has collected anecdotal experiences from over 100 performing storytellers and from 1,800 story practitioners (mostly teachers) who have made extensive use of stories. He has read more than 150 qualitative and quantitative research studies that discuss the effectiveness of stories and/or storytelling for one or more specific applications (education, organizational management, knowledge management, medical and narrative therapy, etc.). Forty of these studies were literature reviews and comparative studies including analysis of over 1,000 studies and descriptive articles. He has also gathered research evidence from his own story performances for total audiences of over 4 million and from conducting story writing workshops with 200,000 students and 40,000 teachers. The mind-boggling and extraordinary truth is that each and every one of these thousands of original sources agrees with the general premise that stories are effective. Story Proof" offers proof positive that stories work.

Contents:

Introduction: It Was a Dark and Stormy Night vii

PART 1. STORY SMARTS 1

Chapter 1. Opening Arguments: More Than You Imagined 3
The Power of Stories 7
The Inside Story 9

Chapter 2. So, What Is a Story? 11
The Blanket Myth 13
The Binary Association Myth 15
The Childhood Myth 16
The Dictionary’s Turn: The Final Myth 17
The Story Step: What It Means to Us 19

Chapter 3. Starting at the Top: A Nod to the Noodle 21
What’s in This Gray Goo? 21
Watching You Think 22
A Few Relevant Parts of the Brain 23
Brain Development 24
Cells That Fire Together Wire Together 26
What It Means for Us 27

Chapter 4. Noggin Know-How: The Mind Is What the Brain Does 29
Owner’s Manual for the Human Mind: The Concepts That Govern the Mind’s Story Map 32
The Magnificent Seven in Action 43
What It Means for Us 44

Chapter 5. Mind Mechanics 45
Eleven Mental Tools 45
Why Do We Do It? What It Means for Us 64

Chapter 6. Thanks for the Memories 67
Memory Mechanics: Making Memories 67
Remember the Alamo!: What You Remember 68
Remember Me Fondly: How You Remember 70
What It Means for Us 72

Chapter 7. That Reminds Me of a Story: A Better Definition 75
Do Researchers Agree? 76
What Is a Story? 79
What It Means for Us 80

PART 2. STORY PROOF 81

Chapter 8. A Peek at the Anecdotes 83
Six Examples of Anecdotal Evidence 83
What It Means for Us 86
The Value of Anecdotes 87

Chapter 9. We’ve Reached the Research Results 89
Using Stories Improves Comprehension 90
Story Structure Improves Logical Thinking and General (Cross-Curriculum) Learning 98
Using Story and Story Structure Enhances Meaning 104
Stories Create Motivation and Enthusiasm for Learning 108
Stories Create Involvement and a Sense of Community 109
Story Structure Improves Literacy and Language Mastery 113
Story Structure Improves Writing Success 115
Story Structure Enhances Memory 118
A Final Summation 122

Chapter 10. The Proof Is in the Pudding: Putting Stories to Work for You 123
General Advice 124
Advice for Educators 125
Advice for Leaders 126
Advice for Outreach Communicators 127
Fiction versus Nonfiction: A Final Comfort and Warning 128

Bibliography 129
Index 149

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