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Evolution and story telling, in and beyond science

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 3:33pm

Updating (in progress) an older resource list (additional suggestions welcome in forum below):

On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction, Brian Boyd, Belknap Press, 2009
"Stories in science: the backbone of science learning," Charles Hill and Laura Baumgartner, The Science Teacher, 2009
"Overcoming ecological misconceptions using the power of story," Nancy Stamp, 2007
"Literary Morphology: Nine Propositions in a Naturalist Theory of Form," William L. Benzon, 2004

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