Playgrounds and schoolyards are underused resources for ecological learning. The Walking Curriculum challenge begins on April 3, 2019 (National Walking Day). K-12 educators around the globe are committed to taking student learning outside for part of the day–rain or snow or shine–for 30 days. With The Walking Curriculum: Evoking Wonder And Developing A Sense of […]
Join Us: Be an Advocate of Imagination & Creativity in Higher Education
TOWARDS A MANIFESTO FOR IMAGINATION & CREATIVITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION The Centre for Imagination in Research, Culture and Education (CIRCE) is working with Creative Academic, #creativeHE to facilitate an open discussion aimed at developing a manifesto to advance thinking about imagination and creativity in learning and educational practices in higher education. The process will begin on […]
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 […]
