Engaging imagination and developing creativity in education / edited by Kieran Egan, Gillian Judson and Krystina Madej.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Madej, Krystina, editor.

Judson, Gillian, editor.

Egan, Kieran, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative ability--Study and teaching.

Creative ability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

Imagination is the source of creativity and invention. This volume of essays has been collected expressly to bring readers new ideas about imagination and creativity in education that will both stimulate discussion and debate, and also contribute practical ideas for how to infuse daily classrooms with imaginative activities.Researchers and educators around the world have taken up the discussion about the importance of imagination and creativity in education. This global relevance is represented here by writings from authors from Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Italy, Israel, Japan, and Romania

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Part I: Imagination and Creativity

The TIEs That Bind

Dialectic Explication of Creativity

Contemporary Heroes and Students' Motivation for Learning

Using Metaphor as a Cognitive Tool to Teach for an Imaginative PoliticalConsciousness

Identifying Legitimate Tools for Learning

The Foundations of Imaginative Teacher Education

Somewhere in the Middle

Teacher as the Imaginative Learner

Text and Image

Part II: Imagination and Creativity

The Interface between the Arts and the Sciences from an EducationalPerspective

Imagination in the Development of Speech and Literacy

Inclusive Curriculum Design through Narrative and ImaginativeInteractive Learning Environments

Narrative in Early Learning

Indigenous and Modern Epistemologies in the Learningof Mathematics

Gender and Achievement through the Socio-Cultural Lens

Bring us Back to Our Senses

Teaching as Game Playing

Imagination and Teacher Formation

Contributors.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 17, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8248-8

OCLC:

922704049