Educational Studies 250CW - Special Topics in Educational Studies: 'Storytelling and Play: Learning from Children's Works'

This course explores play and storytelling as sources of meaning-making, community building, and pedagogical insight. Drawing from psychology, disability studies, anthropology, Black feminist thought, Indigenous worldviews, and educational frameworks, students will examine how play shapes development and challenges dominant paradigms. Through theoretical study and empirical data, we will explore how children's stories illuminate social issues, and how educators and researchers can respond with care, creativity, and justice-oriented practice. We will also investigate how play functions in adult learning, collective well-being, and community building.