How can traditional myths and tales help children learn? Is there a place for them in the classroom? In this edition of Learning World we explore the role of mythology in education and examine how it can stimulate creative and critical thinking. We look at three projects aiming to preserve fictional narration in the minds of today’s young people.
For our first story we visit a school in Paris which has found a way to teach complex environmental and economic ideas to primary school children using engaging narration.
In one example, the relationship between consumerism and global warming is told through the age-old medium of the fairytale, complete with a damsel in distress! We talk to the creator of this method about what inspired her.
Whether or not we completely believe every tall tale we hear, many of them do have cultural importance, as we learn in our second report form Mexico.
This is the story of one man’s mission to keep the ancient folk stories of Mayan civilisation alive
