By Melissa Chouinard-Jahant (MSEd) @ChouinardJahant The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination -Albert Einstein Learning about cells can be challenging for many students because cells are microscopic and seemingly intangible. A few years ago while teaching cells I decided to do something different than teaching about the standard cell model or cell factory. […]
Tag: #thinkinged
Random thoughts on all aspects of education
Imaginative Education Brings Ecological Thinking To Life
By Dr. Jennifer M. Gidley All education is the development of genius… The three factors of genius are the habit of action, the vivid imagination, and the discipline of judgment. (Alfred North Whitehead, 1916) When we offer children a lifeless, stale education, we not only destroy their vitality, but we dumb them down. Through […]
Imagination Matters
(Snippets from my recent post at Getting Smart: “Two Key Points For Understanding Imagination”) Here’s the odd thing… I have never actually met anyone who believes that being imaginative is a useless quality or that the imagination is a useless feature of the human mind. In reality, we constantly seem to acknowledge its importance. We want it […]