If you are new to imaginED, you can dig deeper into the Imaginative Ecological Education (IEE) approach. In a nutshell, IEE is a cross-curricular cognitive tools approach to teaching that centralizes engagement of the body, emotion, and imagination in Place. The aim? Cultivating students’ ecological understanding.
Imaginative Outdoor Learning Practices
Hear how educators think about and engage imagination in their outdoor learning practices
To get started, click on one of the tabbed headings and read the posts listed below.
Pointing to Patterns in Nature (By Sophia Sanchez)
No Better Classroom Than Nature: Re-imagining Early Childhood Education (By Emma Huvos)
A Week Of Outside Learning: Winter Edition (By Carrie Lundy)
A Week Of Outdoor Learning: Students Share Their Experiences (By Carrie Lundy)
Forest Fridays: How Nature Can Boost Empathy, Imagination, And Well-Being (By Natalie Crowley)
SLAM & The Story Of The Ancient Squash Seeds (By Tina Tran and Tye G. McIvor)
Guerilla Geography: Engaging Imagination In Ecological Education (By Thomas Larsen and Lisa Tabor Millsaps)
Imagining Our Way Into The Lives of Other Beings in Our Ecosystems (By Zuzana Vasko)
Imaginative Education Brings Ecological Thinking To Life (By Jennifer Gidley)
Connecting to Concrete: Breaking Through Urban Barriers with Imaginative Ecological Education (IEE) (By Krista Rutschmann)
Unzipping the Jacket: Using Cognitive Tools to Dissolve Feelings of Otherness Between Students and The Natural World (By Alyssa Dixon)
IEE Principles in Action
Read Imaginative Ecological Education posts on Feeling, Activeness, and Place
To get started, click on one of the tabbed headings and read the posts listed below…
Activeness: Engaging The Body Through Stillness (By Andrea Leeburn)
A Nature Walk With 22 5-Year Olds: Lessons Learned The Hard Way (By Andrea Leeburn)
Activeness: Engaging The Physical Senses In The Natural World (By Andrea Leeburn)
Adventure In Our Own Backyard: Fostering Sense of Place in Early Years Education (By Jolene McFadyen-Nein)
I Love This Place! Fostering Authentic Learning Through Imaginative Engagement (By Jolene McFadyen-Nein)
A Little Patience: Regaining Wonder and Gratitude Through Attentiveness (By Jordan Mayer)
Restless Whilings on Place-Making: Imaginative Investigations in #Forestschool (By Kelsey Keller)
