Imagination in Teaching and Learning : The Middle School Years / Kieran Egan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Egan, Kieran, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teaching.

Imagination in children.

Storytelling.

Middle schools--Curricula.

Middle schools.

Middle school education--Activity programs.

Middle school education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 178 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2014]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

It is widely believed that a child's imagination ought to be stimulated and developed in education. Yet, few teachers understand what imagination is or how it lends itself to practical methods and techniques that can be used easily in classroom instruction. In this book, Kieran Egan-winner of the prestigious Grawemeyer Award for his work on imagination-takes up where his Teaching as Story Telling left off, offering practical help for teachers who want to engage, stimulate, and develop the imaginative and learning processes of children between the ages of eight to fifteen. This book is not about unusually imaginative students and teachers. Rather, it is about the typical student's imaginative life and how it can be stimulated in learning, how the average teacher can plan to achieve this aim, and how the curriculum can be structured to help achieve this aim. Slim and determinedly practical, this book contains a wealth of concrete examples of curriculum design and teaching techniques structured to appeal specifically to children in their middle school years.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Introduction

I. A Very Short History of the Imagination

II. Why Is Imagination Important to Education?

III. Characteristics of Students' Imaginative Lives, Ages 8-15

IV. Imagination and Teaching

V. Image and Concept

VI. Some Further Examples

Conclusion

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-174) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Okt 2019)

ISBN:

9780226244136

022624413X

OCLC:

1081000280