StoryTelling

PROGRAM PLANNING: Programs will be individually tailored to the student's educational background, experience and career objectives. Programs will encourage interdisciplinary course work, action and field research, and problem solving. A minimum of 15 graduate credits at the 600 level is required.

SPECIALIZATION (9 - 15 credits): Each student in consultation with a faculty advisor will select a course of study that will best serve short and long-term professional goals.

COGNATE AREA (9 - 15 credits): An integral part of the program is the concentration of courses related to individual student's career goals and areas of specialization. Areas of study include curriculum development, early childhood education, educational foundations, educational leadership, environmental education, research, special education and urban and women's studies.

COURSES

ILS 670 HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORAL TRADITION The history and development of the oral tradition will be traced from the earliest storytellers. Folklore, fables, parables, legends, fairy tales, sagas, tall tales, folk songs and other storytelling formats will be studied.

ILS 671 INTEGRATING THE ORAL TRADITION INTO THE ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM The contemporary elementary curriculum will be examined and evaluated with the focus on interdisciplinary applications of storytelling to all aspects of the formal school curriculum.

ILS 672 INTEGRATING THE ORAL TRADITION INTO THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM The contemporary middle and high school curriculum will be examined and evaluated with the focus on interdisciplinary applications of storytelling to all aspects of the formal school curriculum.

ILS 674 STORYTELLING IN ART AND LEGEND The history and meaning of fairy tales will be examined with a focus on storytelling in art and legend.

ILS 675 STORYTELLING ART AND TECHNIQUE The focus of this seminar will be performance techniques and the development of personal storytelling styles and repertoires.

ILS 676 INTEGRATING ENHANCED LEARNING TECHNIQUES AND MOVEMENT INTO THE ORAL TRADITION An examination of storytelling and emergent literacy using the foundations of brain research and multiple intelligence theory to facilitate whole brain learning.

ILS 677 FOSTERING THE MULIPLE INTELLIGENCES THROUGH THE ORAL TRADITION An examination of the literature of the oral tradition, its related activities and its application toward fostering the multiple intelligences in contemporary school curricula.

ILS 678 HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOLKTALE IN THE ORAL TRADITION An examination of the history, evolution and synthesis of folklore and folktale tradition in multicultural environments and culture.

ILS 679 THE ORAL TRADITION IN ANCIENT AND MODERN MYTHOLOGY The importance of myth in the development of the oral tradition is examined. The evolution of science, religion, sociology and psychology from cultural sources is investigated in terms of mythical beginnings.

ILS 682 METHODS OF STORYTELLING FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ILS 684 HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INTEGRATION OF MUSIC AND THE ORAL TRADITION A study of the historical and cultural importance of music will be examined in the context of the evolution of the oral tradition. ILS 685 FIELD PROJECT An action research project in which the student investigates a significant problem in the area of oral tradition and develops a strategy for change.

ILS 690 STORYTELLING INSTITUTE Storytelling and storytelling resources will be introduced and applications to teaching and learning will be examined. Existing and innovative approaches to storytelling are addressed.

ILS 691 MULTICULTURAL STORYTELLING INSTITUTE Multicultural storytelling and mutlicultural storytelling resources will be examined and evaluated.

ILS 600 INDEPENDENT STUDY For the advanced student with a background in oral tradition. By arrangement. Prerequisite: 12 credits in oral tradition by department tradition. For more information, please contact: Dr. Gwendolyn Nowlan, Director 6th Year Program in the Art of the Oral Tradition School of Communication, Information and Library Science. EMAIL: r.nowlan@snet.net; Phone 203-392-5711; Toll Free 888-500-SCSU press 4.