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Harvard Educational Review

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Spring 2007
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Summer 2007 Issue

Section 10

Title: Developing Imagination, Creativity, and Literacy through Collaborative Storymaking: A

Way of Knowing.

Source: Harvard Educational Review, v. 77 no. 2 (Summer 2007) p. 204-27.

Author:
Nancy King

Keywords:
Imagination
Creativity
Literacy
Collaborative story making
Learning community
Oral expression

‫תמצית‬

Early in her life, Nancy King discovered that stories are rich sources of wisdom, imagination,
creativity, and comfort. In this essay, King describes her personal experiences developing and
using the collaborative storymaking process with young people and adults in various school
settings. The author states that collaborative storymaking establishes opportunities for
students to create stories from stories, using imagemaking and abstract prompts. She
maintains that the iterative process expands and improves students’ oral and written
expression.

‫מאמר‬

Source: Harvard Educational Review, v. 77 no. 2 (Summer 2007) p. 204-27.

Early in her life, Nancy King discovered that stories are rich sources of wisdom, imagination,
creativity, and comfort. In this essay, King describes her personal experiences developing and
using the collaborative storymaking process with young people and adults in various school
settings.

The author states that collaborative storymaking establishes opportunities for students to
create stories from stories, using imagemaking and abstract prompts. She maintains that the
iterative process expands and improves students’ oral and written expression.

King invites other educators to include collaborative storymaking in their instructional

repertoire to stimulate their own and their students’ reading, writing, and speaking skills, and
to foster a supportive learning community.