Comprehensive description of imagination's role in thinking and learning for educators
Field-tested teaching strategies for K-12 classrooms to enhance engagement
Cross-curricular examples demonstrating imaginative education in action
Cognitive toolkit including emotions, images, stories, metaphors, and heroic narratives
Helps teachers stimulate intellectual activity and student growth
Summarized by Shop
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 l
Author
Kieran Egan
Publisher
Teachers College Press
Language
English
Format
Paperback, Hardcover
Genre
Education, Self-help & Personal Development, Society & Culture
Target Audience
Adults, Teens & Young Adults, Suitable for All Ages