The Power of Oral Culture in Education: Theorizing Proverbs, Idioms, and Folklore Tales

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3031185374
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9783031185373
• Author: Ardavan Eizadirad, Njoki Nathani Wane 

This volume explores the importance of inter-generational oral culture and stories that transcend time, space, and boundaries transmitted historically from one generation to the next through proverbs, idioms, and folklore tales in different geographical and spatial contexts. These important stories and their embedded life lessons are introduced, explained, and supplemented with pre and post educational activities and lesson plans to be used as learning resources. The centering of orality as a tool and medium for educating the future generation is a reclamation and reaffirmation of Indigeneity, Indigenous knowledges. and non-hegemonic approaches to support students in a socio-culturally sustaining manner. Through this understanding, this book explores the interconnectedness between culture, traditions, language, and way of life through oral storytelling, sharing, and listening.

Table contents:

1. The Power of Oral Culture in Education: Remembering, Documenting, and Revitalizing Oral Teachings

Part I. Identity: Knowing and Understanding Who You Are, Your Roots, Lineage, and Cultural Customs and Practices

2. “Mtu Akikuita Mmbwa Usibweke”/When Someone Calls You A Dog, Don’t Bark Back!

3. Stories and Counter-Stories

4. Strength through Resistance: Drawing Critical Connections between Malalai of Maiwand and Malala Yousafzai to Counter Western Narratives of Muslim Girlhood

5. Theorizing the Power of African Oral Culture for Identity Formation

Part II. Culture: Customs and Traditions with Symbolic Meanings Associated with a Particular Nation, People, or Social Group

6. ‘Soulful Listening’: Rumi’s Story of the Parrot and the Merchant

7. The Persimmon Tree: A Japanese Rakugo Tale

8. Importance of Proverbs in Caribbean Culture

9. Maintenance of an Iranian Identity through Oral Culture and the Shahnameh: “The Shame Is Not In Asking, Shame Is In Not Knowing”

Part III. Power: The Ability or Capacity to Influence Change Which Can Manifest in Different Ways Through Ideas, Individuals, or Institutions

10. Pedagogies of Resistance in the Palestinian Folktales: Nus-Nsais

11. Nanny’s Dolly: Using Storytelling to Explore the Residential School Experience with Young Learners

12. Remembering a Goan Folktale in the Midst of a Global Pandemic

13. Teaching and Learning from Our Elder’s Feet: Decolonizing Education Through Embu Proverbs

Part IV. Community: A Collective Group or Geographical Space That Attends to the Needs of Its Members with Love, Respect, and Reciprocity with a Unified Vision or Common Interests

14. Lessons from the Legend of the No Face Doll: Haudenosaunee Origin

15. The Story of Ni3mah: A Palestinian Folktale

16. The Power of Service in Building Inclusive Communities

17. Addressing the Elephant in the Room

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