Author: Joseph Sheppherd Publisher: Baha'i Pub. Trust ISBN: Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 340
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"In this sensitive presentation of Cameroonian Ntumu village life, Joseph Sheppherd affirms the tribesmen's right to maintain their distinctiveness and their own values. During his years in the jungle, he discovered that these tribesmen have something unique to offer the rest of mankind.... A Leaf of Honey is both a voyage of self-discovery and a journey into another society, a different reality, where daily life is informed by the wisdom of tradition and by the proverbs of the rain forest."--Survival International (Cover).
Author: Martin Cortazzi Publisher: Psychology Press ISBN: 9781850009634 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 176
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Critically examines current approaches to the study of teachers' narratives and argues that, for narrative research to be effective, we need to see narrative in a multi-disciplinary perspective.
Author: Heather Cardin Publisher: Baha'i Publishing Trust ISBN: 9781931847667 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 448
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Mind, Heart, and Spirit: Educators Speak is a collection of real-life stories from a diverse group of educators on a wide range of issues such as how to deal with difficult students, the role or parents and religion in a child's education, and the similarities and differences in educating children in different cultures across the globe. Filled with interesting anecdotes and personal accounts, this is an intimate, sometimes frustrating, sometimes exhilarating insight into the experiences of all these educators as they have struggled to overcome various challenges in educating children. Their passion for teaching and their devotion to their students come shining through and offer a glimpse of the important role that Baha'i education-- with its emphasis on unity, tolerance, and diversity-- can play in shaping the lives of young people today.
Author: Colleen J. McElroy Publisher: University of Washington Press ISBN: 0295997648 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 263
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Gifted travel writer, poet, professor of English, and insightful observer of human nature, Colleen McElroy journeyed to Madagascar to undertake a Fulbright research project exploring Malagasy oral traditions and myths. In Over the Lip of the World she depicts with equal verve the various storytelling traditions of the island and her own adventures in trying to find and record them. McElroy’s tale of an African American woman’s travels among the people of Madagascar is told with wit, insight, and humor. Throughout it she interweaves English translations of Malagasy stories of heroism and morality, royalty and commoners, love and revenge, and the magic of tricksters and shapechangers.
Author: Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. National Museum of African Art Branch Publisher: G. K. Hall ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 832
Author: William Schneider Publisher: ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 210
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Illustrated with numerous stories collected from Alaska, the Yukon, and South Africa and further enlivened by the author's accessible style and experiences as a longtime oral historian and archivist, So They Understand is a comprehensive study of the special challenges and concerns involved in documenting, representing, preserving, and interpreting oral narratives. The title of the book comes from a quotation by Chief Peter John, the traditional chief of the Tanana Chiefs region in central Alaska: "In between the lines is something special going on in their minds, and that has got to be brought to light, so they understand just exactly what is said." William Schneider discusses how stories work in relation to their cultures and performance settings, sorts out different types of stories-from broad genres such as personal narratives and life histories to such more specific and less-often considered types as presentations at hearings and other public gatherings-and examines a variety of critical issues, including the roles and relationships of storytellers and interviewers, accurate representation and preservation of stories and their performances, understanding and interpreting their cultural backgrounds and meanings, and intellectual property rights. Throughout, he blends a diverse selection of stories, including his own, into a text rich with pertinent examples. William Schneider is curator of oral history and associate in anthropology at the Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he introduced oral history "jukeboxes," innovative interactive, multimedia computer files that present and cross-reference audio oral history and related photos and maps. Among other works, his publications include, as editor, Kusiq: An Eskimo Life History from the Arctic Coast of Alaska and, with Phyllis Morrow, When Our Words Return: Writing, Hearing, and Remembering Oral Traditions of Alaska and the Yukon.
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