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The Role of Stories in Educational Settings
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I. COLONIAL ENCOUNTERS
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The School Days of an Indian Girl (Zitkala-Ša)
Chike’s School Days (Chinua Achebe)
Kura (Patricia Grace)
Fourth Grade Ukus (Marie Hara)
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II. CHILDHOOD TRANSFORMATIONS
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Speaking Saskatchewan (Rudy Wiebe)
Inside Out (Francisco Jiménez)
Show and Tell (Andrew Lam)
The Unforgetting (Lan Samantha Chang)
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III. ADULT EDUCATION
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The Rather Baffling Case of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N
(Leo Rosten)
The English Lesson (Nicholasa Mohr)
English as a Second Language (Lucy Honig)
Nothing in Our Hands but Age (Raquel Puig Zaldívar)
What Do You Know About Friends? (Lily Brett)
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IV. PRIVATE LESSONS
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The German Refugee (Bernard Malamud)
Private Lesson (Lindsley Cameron)
English Lessons (Shauna Singh Baldwin)
Albert and Esene (Frances Khirallah Noble)
Prisoner with a Dictionary (Linh Dinh)
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Questions for Reflection and Analysis across the Stories
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