By: Dr. Kieran Egan Dwelling on triumphs past, which doesn’t take long, I recalled a talk I had to give in Dublin some years ago on the creative imagination and its place in the arts and sciences. I started my talk by noting that having a creative imagination has been described as a consequence of […]
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Random thoughts on all aspects of education
Tips For Imaginative Educators #12: Stimulate Wonder
Imaginative teaching is, in part, a practice in which curricular topics are brought into the spotlight. Imaginative educators aim to evoke emotional responses in students by helping them to see what is extraordinary about what they are learning. Just A Cup? Dr. Kieran Egan encourages his readers to consider how a paper coffee cup is far from ordinary. […]
Feeling, Activeness, & Place: An Eco-Imaginative Pedagogy
This is a short presentation that provides a rationale for Feeling, Activeness, and Place to serve as guiding ecological education principles. I describe why employing these principles for teaching all subjects (Imaginative Ecological Education) can re-align the means and ends of eco education. I do apologize for the film quality–and the bad jokes–but I think it is useful and adds to […]