Breaking News Without suitable pedagogical intervention, more learners will suffer from a very serious condition called arteriosclerosis of the imagination. This often debilitating condition is marked by limited flexibility of thought, an undeveloped sense of wonder, and a reduced ability to envision the possible in all learning. The primary cause? Rigid and restrictive learning processes and environments that exclude students’ emotional […]
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Cognitive tools–theoretical and practical examples
Tips for Imaginative Educators: #2 Find A Source of Dramatic Tension
Tools of Imagination Series #2 Find A Source Of Dramatic Tension In The Topic A good story often contains some kind of dramatic tension. We see freedom and oppression play out in Cinderella. We see the idea of known and unknown worlds play out in Jack and The Beanstalk. We see safety and danger play out in Hantzel […]
Learn To Live Attentively In A Media Mad World (Part One)
My kids think I’m exaggerating. I’m not. I grew up without a cell phone. So, when I was away from home, I either didn’t talk to anyone who wasn’t with me (GASP!) or I brought a quarter and used a pay phone. (What’s that?) My first computer was practically the size of a smart car. No, it didn’t fit […]