Imagery can turn a curriculum outcome or dry piece of info into a vital part of a fascinating, compelling story — Kate Charette (@kate_charette) Last night #imaginEDchat was all about IMAGERY. More than 35 educators from all over the planet spent an hour discussing the power of imagery for learning. Here are few snap shots of the discussion–notice the […]
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Calling All Second Language Teachers! What’s In Your Toolkit?
Songs, games, rhythm and rhyme, imagery, and the odd (and not-so-odd) joke are all tools that help us to learn. Dr. Kieran Egan calls these “cognitive tools”; they make knowledge meaningful by tying it up with emotion and imagination. I can tell you from personal experience (7 years as a French Second Language teacher) that […]
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 […]