By Kiran Heer (Kindergarten Teacher, MEd student in Imaginative Education) What is imagination? This question was the foundation of my action research project. Adults might answer that imagination is forming new ideas or concepts in the mind. But I didn’t ask this question to adults, I asked kindergarten students. Teachers that work with kindergarteners will […]
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If You Hear This Phrase, … Kick ‘em In The Shins!
By Tim Waddington (Faculty of Education, UBC) Lead columnist: Imaginative Historical Education & Inquiry (IHI) Let’s be honest with each other. We’ve all said it in one form or another at some point in our careers, probably while wearing the mask of our younger and more idealistic selves: “Learning how to learn.” Being ubiquitous in the profession, […]
Let Us Play In Higher Education: Playful Learning ‘18
By Rebecca Thomas (Lecturer, University of East Anglia) Playful Learning 18, held at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK) in July 2018, was a concatenation of talks, workshops, gatherings and games, involving some 200 people, attending over forty sessions spread over two and a half days. The point of the gathering was to introduce and develop a […]