This book is interdisciplinary in focus and centers on enlarging teachers' understanding of how reading and writing can change lives and how the language arts can contribute significantly to and change educational processes in the twenty-first century. Implicit in its argument is that although the emphasis on science and math is crucial to education in the digital edge, it remains vitally important to keep reading and writing, language and story, at the heart of the educational process. This is particularly true in a democratic society because shaping stories through human language can enhance the quality of our lives, and teach us something important about what it means to be human and vulnerable. In this sense, stories allow for self-reflection and an increased opportunity to enhance and understand emotional intelligence and human community.
- ISBN10 0857246283
- ISBN13 9780857246288
- Publish Date 16 May 2011
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
- Imprint Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Format eBook
- Pages 224
- Language English
- URL http://emeraldinsight.com/2041-272X/3