Of Frogs and Fishes – Understanding Inquiry as a Pedagogical Method
By Rebecca Roman (with contributing edits by Dr. Tim Waddington) I’m seven years old, playing in a shallow stream at the park. I’m about up to my knees and trying to catch frogs. I finally catch one, looking at its legs, touching its skin and hearing its plaintive cry. Rrrriiibit! My mom tells me to […]
Dialogue Series on Imagination in Research & Teaching
You are invited! Please join us for this seminar series on the multi-faceted nature of imagination. About The Series The Possible’s Slow Fuse is a scholarly dialogue series organized by the Centre for Imagination in Research, Culture & Education (CIRCE) and the Research Hub of the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. Our 2019 series offers six stimulating […]
Effective Leaders Are Affective Leaders: Imagination’s Role
For S…you have guided my learning more than you know. We have all been there as teachers, sitting in a staff meeting and looking at student data that communicates where our collective learners are at. And for many of those staff meetings, we leave feeling down on ourselves and our practice. Our classrooms are full […]
Imagination Matters: CIRCE’s Events & Adventures (February 2019)
Ebulletin Contents Welcome Message from Dr. Gillian Judson, Executive Director, CIRCE Upcoming Events Learn More & Participate Study With CIRCE: Graduate Programs at SFU Some of CIRCE’s Recent Events & Adventures CIRCE International: Italy, Mexico, Chile (Sept 2018-January 2019) Support CIRCE Welcome Message Greetings imaginative colleagues! CIRCE has had an active and successful launch! […]
Dodging the Fall of Constantinople – Connecting Physical Education and Social Studies
Authors: Leah Tesan and Dr. Tim Waddington By now, Imaginative Education has well established this simple truism: at the core of any great lesson is an abundance of student engagement. An inquiry-based curriculum, such as those found in British Columbia, Ontario and a growing number of other educational contexts, provides teachers with the opportunity to […]
