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Imagination and the Engaged Learner: Cognitive Tools for the Classroom Paperback – Dec 18 2015
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Students’ imaginations are often considered as something that might be engaged after the hard work of learning has been done. Countering such beliefs, Egan and Judson show that the imagination―one of the great workhorses of learning―can be used to make all learning and all teaching more effective. Through techniques that any teacher can learn and easily apply in any classroom, they demonstrate how and why imagination can be used across the curriculum and grade levels to make teaching and learning more interesting, engaging, and pleasurable for all. Teachers who use these techniques will discover the emotions, images, stories, metaphors, sense of wonder, heroic narratives, and other cognitive tools that can bring life and energy to their classroom. This practical handbook will help teachers learn how to use these enlivening techniques in their daily practice to stimulate students’ intellectual activity and growth.
Book Features:
- A comprehensive description of imagination’s role in thinking and learning.
- Field-tested teaching strategies for the K–12 classroom.
- Cross-curricular examples showing Imaginative Education making a real difference for teachers and students.
- A “cognitive toolkit” to spur active learning and meaningful interaction.
- ISBN-100807757128
- ISBN-13978-0807757123
- PublisherTeachers College Press
- Publication dateDec 18 2015
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions14.99 x 0.76 x 22.35 cm
- Print length160 pages
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<strong>Nel Noddings</strong>, Lee Jacks Professor of Education Emerita, Stanford University</p>
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"What fun! Readers will get a host of practical ideas to make lessons come alive through the exercise of imagination, the use of metaphors, and the telling of stories. Read and enjoy."
Nel Noddings, Lee Jacks Professor of Education Emerita, Stanford University
About the Author
Kieran Egan is a professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University, Canada. His books include Whole School Projects: Engaging Imaginations Through Interdisciplinary Inquiry. He is a winner of the Grawemeyer Award in Education. Gillian Judson is one of the directors of the Imaginative Education Research Group and a lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University.
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- Publisher : Teachers College Press (Dec 18 2015)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 160 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0807757128
- ISBN-13 : 978-0807757123
- Item weight : 204 g
- Dimensions : 14.99 x 0.76 x 22.35 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: #54,950 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #11 in Curricula
- #32 in Educational Curriculum & Instruction Textbooks
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About the author

Dr. Gillian Judson is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. She teaches in Educational Leadership and Curriculum and Instruction programs. Her current research looks at the role of imagination in leadership. Gillian’s previous scholarship examines imagination’s role in learning (K-post-secondary), imaginative and ecological teaching practices (PreK through post-secondary), and imaginative assessment in the post-secondary context.
She writes books/chapters/articles/posts that focus on the imagination, Imaginative Education (IE), Imaginative Ecological Education (IEE), imagination's role in leadership, creativity, and wonder.
Her latest books are entitled Imagination and the Engaged Learner: Cognitive Tools for the Classroom. (Egan, K. & Judson, G. New York: Teachers’ College Press; 2016), Engaging Imagination in Ecological Education: Practical Strategies For Teaching (Pacific Educational Press, 2015), and A Walking Curriculum (kdp, 2018/2019--get it in English, French or Spanish).
You can connect with Gillian on Twitter @perfinker and subscribe to her blog: imaginED education that inspires all learners! www.educationthatinspires.ca