Comments on: The Power of Story http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2005/10/05/the-power-of-story/ tales of swimming upstream Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:36:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Gardner http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2005/10/05/the-power-of-story/#comment-102 Gardner Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:03:48 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2005/10/05/the-power-of-story/#comment-102 I read this when you published it, Martha, and listened to the Glass piece right away. Wow. I've been thinking hard for several days about what story we tell our students to get them thinking about the wonderful short movies (so to speak) they're making for each class assignment, in fact each curricular experience. Glass's powerful reframing of the work is exactly the kind of transformative metaphor I search for constantly in my own teaching--and in my own learning. I'd argue that learning to find transformational metaphors is one of the core benefits of a liberal arts education. And it's fiendishly difficult to teach, since so much relies on preparing the student for his or her own discoveries. Thanks for blogging this! I read this when you published it, Martha, and listened to the Glass piece right away. Wow. I’ve been thinking hard for several days about what story we tell our students to get them thinking about the wonderful short movies (so to speak) they’re making for each class assignment, in fact each curricular experience. Glass’s powerful reframing of the work is exactly the kind of transformative metaphor I search for constantly in my own teaching–and in my own learning. I’d argue that learning to find transformational metaphors is one of the core benefits of a liberal arts education. And it’s fiendishly difficult to teach, since so much relies on preparing the student for his or her own discoveries.

Thanks for blogging this!

]]> By: EL http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2005/10/05/the-power-of-story/#comment-97 EL Sat, 08 Oct 2005 05:30:49 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2005/10/05/the-power-of-story/#comment-97 I am huge TAL fan myself and have found that listening to their broadcasts via RealPlayer is excellent and you don't have to worry a bit about reception. I too wish that it were podcast, but you can download the RealPlayer files and listen to them on your ipod using AudioHijack (rogueamoeba.com). http://myamusementpark.blogspot.com I am huge TAL fan myself and have found that listening to their broadcasts via RealPlayer is excellent and you don’t have to worry a bit about reception. I too wish that it were podcast, but you can download the RealPlayer files and listen to them on your ipod using AudioHijack (rogueamoeba.com).

http://myamusementpark.blogspot.com

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