http://www.artofstorytellingshow.com/2007/04/13/jonatha-wright-cross-cultural-storytelling/ Interviewing the best of the Storytelling Community. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:42:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.artofstorytellingshow.com/2007/04/13/jonatha-wright-cross-cultural-storytelling/comment-page-1/#comment-157154 Mary Beth Spann Tue, 29 May 2007 19:11:05 +0000 http://www.artofstorytellingshow.com/?p=24#comment-157154 In my experience as a teacher, one of the magical powers of storytelling as a teaching tool is that it transcends culture. A story may contain "foreign" references, but if told well, the connectivity factor always transcends the differences; ultimately a good story demonstrates how. although we may appear different on the outside, we are all basically alike on the inside. In my experience as a teacher, one of the magical powers of storytelling as a teaching tool is that it transcends culture. A story may contain “foreign” references, but if told well, the connectivity factor always transcends the differences; ultimately a good story demonstrates how. although we may appear different on the outside, we are all basically alike on the inside.

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