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Sword and Sorcery and the Classroom

By Megan Doyle

June 22, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Sword and Sorcery and the Classroom

Reading has been linked to learning and developing empathy, but a study published in Cognitive Development in 2015 believes that fantasy stories in particular could be linked to better learning. Whether it’s magic or the supernatural, fantasy elements in stories are as old as civilization, and people in a variety of cultures have found a […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: cognitive science, development, fantasy, learning, psychology, scifi

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