Story Proof

The Science Behind the Startling Power of Story

Kendall Haven

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English

Libraries Unlimited Inc
30 October 2007

Semantics; Psychology; Child & developmental psychology; Educational psychology

Like Stephen Krashen's important work in The Power of Reading, Story Proof collects and analyzes the 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 the research findings in neural psychology and brain development and the value of a common definition of story 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.

By: Kendall Haven
Imprint: Libraries Unlimited Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781591585466
ISBN 10: 1591585465
Pages: 164
Publication Date: 30 October 2007
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kendall Haven is a former research scientist, an accomplished storyteller, and the author of many books for Libraries Unlimited and Teacher Ideas Press.

Reviews for Story Proof: The Science Behind the Startling Power of Story

"""We have been hearing recently about the trend away from narrative fiction as the choice of a new generation....Haven comes at us with the most articulate defense of story as an essential element in education....He looks at the tradition and examines the research behind story to make his major point that we cannot ignore this genre and that we do so at the peril of effective teaching and powerful teaching strategies....In the face of drill-and-kill reading programs, Haven reminds us that story can be and is as powerful as ever. Bottom line: This is a good read. A powerful reminder. Thanks, Kendall."" - Teacher Librarian"