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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464592103321

Titolo

Engaging imagination and developing creativity in education [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Kieran Egan and Krystina Madej

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010

ISBN

1-282-58527-4

9786612585272

1-4438-1822-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EganKieran

MadejKrystina

Disciplina

370.118

370.157

Soggetti

Creative ability - Study and teaching

Imagination

Creative ability in children

Creative teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART I; THE TIES THAT BIND; DIALECTIC EXPLICATION OF CREATIVITY; TEACHER AS THE IMAGINATIVE LEARNER; IDENTIFYING LEGITIMATE TOOLS FOR LEARNING; TEXT AND IMAGE; PART II; THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE ARTS AND THE SCIENCES; IMAGINATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPEECH AND LITERACY; INCLUSIVE CURRICULUM DESIGN THROUGH NARRATIVE AND IMAGINATIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; NARRATIVE IN EARLY LEARNING; INDIGENOUS AND MODERN EPISTEMOLOGIES IN THE LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS; CONTEMPORARY HEROES AND STUDENTS' MOTIVATION FOR LEARNING

GENDER AND ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH THE SOCIO-CULTURAL LENSTEACHING AS GAME PLAYING; IMAGINATION AND TEACHER FORMATION; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

Imagination is the Source of Creativity and Invention This series 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 our daily classrooms with imaginative activities. In a world that values creative innovation, it is distressing that our schools are dominated by an educational paradigm that pays too little attention to engaging the i...