Across the generations or 100+ years of stories!

By Andy Piggott

Issue 329 | Page 83 | Published Jun 2008

Description

Personalising science and technology by story telling based on experiences helps children learn and also to place themselves in society. Examples of story outlines given here span the period from the 1880s to the present.

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