by Vidya Shah, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at York University I’m so very grateful for the opportunity to have been in conversation with Jacqueline Lawrence, Stephen Hurley, and Meaghan Dougherty in Episode 1 of the Cultivating Imagination podcast. What a life-giving conversation that was! Below I share some thoughts on imagination […]
Funded! The “Cultivating Imagination in Educational Leadership for Social and Ecological Justice” Project
We are pleased to share that our latest adventure—the Cultivating Imagination in Leadership for Social and Ecological Justice Project—received SSHRC Connections Grant funding! Following the publication of our book earlier this year entitled Cultivating Imagination in Leadership: Transforming Schools and Communities (Teachers College Press, 2023), we have been looking for additional ways to get people […]
The Heroic Classroom – Thrive
By Christa Smith (formally Rawlings) (MEd in IE; Grade 6/7 Teacher, Learning in Depth Teacher) Welcome back to The Heroic Classroom. Over the course of the school year I have been on the hunt for two things: 1. Reflections on my lessons and how various heroic qualities present themselves. 2. Observations of how/if students recognize cognitive tools in action […]