{"id":6027,"date":"2015-05-26T11:46:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T15:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=6027"},"modified":"2022-03-23T14:31:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T18:31:22","slug":"a-stories-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/a-stories-story\/","title":{"rendered":"A Stories Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Child's<\/a>\u201cTacos for Dragons\u201d is just one of the many books featured in filmmaker Danny Kim<\/strong>\u2019s new documentary \u201cThe Stories They Tell.\u201d<\/p>\n

The saga of the unlikely pairing of dragons and tacos is the labor of two seemingly unlikely co-authors, one a Kalamazoo College student and the other a third grader at Woodward Elementary in Kalamazoo.<\/p>\n

And yet such collaborations are unlikely no more, thanks to the Co-authorship Project, the subject of Kim\u2019s 80-minute film and the heart of Professor of Psychology Siu-Lan Tan<\/strong>\u2019s developmental psychology class for the last 15 years. The Co-authorship Project gives K students the opportunity to create an original storybook with an elementary student in order to gain a deeper insight into child development. Tan\u2019s developmental psychology class is one of many academic service-learning courses<\/strong><\/a> that are designed in collaboration with the College\u2019s Center for Civic Engagement<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The documentary showcases the project from beginning to end, starting with the picking of partners and culminating in the various unique completed works. The film spans almost a decade and a half of story making, to which Kim had unique access. He and Tan are husband and wife.<\/p>\n

\"Teacher<\/a>True to its etymology, animation infuses both the class and the film. \u201cThe co-authorship project has made the developmental psychology class come to life,\u201d said Tan,\u201d awakening ideas with real world experience. The collaborations give my students something more than what they could get in books alone.\u201d Likewise, it is truly Kim\u2019s animation of the creativity in each story that makes this film leap to life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe documentary is really about relationships, learning, connecting, and imagination,\u201d said Tan.<\/p>\n

All of these qualities get at the heart of what the co-authorship project is for both the K students and the children.<\/p>\n

\u201cImagination and creativity is a core part of the project,\u201d said Tan. \u201cOne skill that children naturally possess is imagination and creativity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kim added that the contact with college students could help to inspire elementary school aged partners to pursue higher education.<\/p>\n

The film highlights how much each interaction with a child can help augment what a college student knows about child development and affect a life path.<\/p>\n

The life\u2019s work of at least two of Tan\u2019s former students offers proof. After viewing a sneak preview of the film on campus in April, both women confirmed that the project directly influenced their decisions to pursue education as a career.<\/p>\n

Rachelle (Tomac) Busman \u201905<\/strong> is a school psychologist in the Byron Center (Michigan) School District and Sally (Warner) Read \u201908<\/strong> is the Head of the Kazoo School, an independent school in Kalamazoo.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember everything about the little girl I worked with,\u201d said Busman.<\/p>\n

Kim\u2019s film captures the value (and magic) of the project for both K students and Woodward students, as well as the idea\u2019s birth and maturation in his wife\u2019s developmental psychology class. Kim said he hopes the documentary inspires similar projects elsewhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be wonderful if somebody saw it and said maybe we could start something like this,\u201d said Kim.<\/p>\n

Although the film is not yet released to the public, Kim does plan to have a formal showing once final edits have been made.<\/p>\n

Text by Matt Munoz \u201914; photo by Danny Kim; art by Pennilane Mara<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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grader at Woodward Elementary in Kalamazoo.<\/p>\n<p>And yet such collaborations are unlikely no more, thanks to the Co-authorship Project, the subject of Kim\u2019s 80-minute film and the heart of Professor of Psychology <strong>Siu-Lan Tan<\/strong>\u2019s developmental psychology class for the last 15 years. The Co-authorship Project gives K students the opportunity to create an original storybook with an elementary student in order to gain a deeper insight into child development. Tan\u2019s developmental psychology class is one of many academic <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/servicelearning\/cocurrprograms\/slcourses\/\"><strong>service-learning courses<\/strong><\/a> that are designed in collaboration with the College\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.kzoo.edu\/servicelearning\/aboutus\/\"><strong>Center for Civic Engagement<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary showcases the project from beginning to end, starting with the picking of partners and culminating in the various unique completed works. The film spans almost a decade and a half of story making, to which Kim had unique access. He and Tan are husband and wife.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/toriesTwo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6029 size-full\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/05\/toriesTwo.jpg\" alt=\"Teacher working with a young student\" width=\"350\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a>True to its etymology, animation infuses both the class and the film. \u201cThe co-authorship project has made the developmental psychology class come to life,\u201d said Tan,\u201d awakening ideas with real world experience. The collaborations give my students something more than what they could get in books alone.\u201d Likewise, it is truly Kim\u2019s animation of the creativity in each story that makes this film leap to life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe documentary is really about relationships, learning, connecting, and imagination,\u201d said Tan.<\/p>\n<p>All of these qualities get at the heart of what the co-authorship project is for both the K students and the children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagination and creativity is a core part of the project,\u201d said Tan. \u201cOne skill that children naturally possess is imagination and creativity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kim added that the contact with college students could help to inspire elementary school aged partners to pursue higher education.<\/p>\n<p>The film highlights how much each interaction with a child can help augment what a college student knows about child development and affect a life path.<\/p>\n<p>The life\u2019s work of at least two of Tan\u2019s former students offers proof. After viewing a sneak preview of the film on campus in April, both women confirmed that the project directly influenced their decisions to pursue education as a career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rachelle (Tomac) Busman \u201905<\/strong> is a school psychologist in the Byron Center (Michigan) School District and <strong>Sally (Warner) Read \u201908<\/strong> is the Head of the Kazoo School, an independent school in Kalamazoo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember everything about the little girl I worked with,\u201d said Busman.<\/p>\n<p>Kim\u2019s film captures the value (and magic) of the project for both K students and Woodward students, as well as the idea\u2019s birth and maturation in his wife\u2019s developmental psychology class. Kim said he hopes the documentary inspires similar projects elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be wonderful if somebody saw it and said maybe we could start something like this,\u201d said Kim.<\/p>\n<p>Although the film is not yet released to the public, Kim does plan to have a formal showing once final edits have been made.<\/p>\n<p><em>Text by Matt Munoz \u201914; photo by Danny Kim; art by Pennilane Mara<\/em><\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6027"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9593,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6027\/revisions\/9593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6027"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=6027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}