By Gabriel Mateescu (MEd. Imaginative Education, Math Teacher Surrey School District) When you hear the word imagination what do you think of? I doubt many of you reading this initially thought of Math. Yet Math and imagination are closely linked. The greatest mathematical minds in our history had immense imagination to create and discover new connections […]
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Cognitive tools–theoretical and practical examples
Guidelines For Assessment Of Place-Based Learning
I’m really pleased to be a part of the Place-Based Education (PBE) Thought Leadership Campaign at GettingSmart. My first contribution to the campaign looked at the role of imagination and relationships in PBE; read it here. This post is about assessment in the context of place-based and imaginative learning: Assessment of learning is a complex and sensitive process. In the context of […]
Two OnLine Resources To Support Imaginative Language Teaching
Hi there! I’m Susan Lavallee and I teach 6th Grade English/Language Arts. I love integrating technology into my imaginative practice—I like to call myself the iPodTeacher! This post shares a few of my favourite language-teaching practices. The first is a resource for cross-curricular teaching that combines content knowledge with rhythm and rhyme. The second is an excellent […]