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An Imaginative Approach to Teaching
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An Imaginative Approach to Teaching

Jossey-Bass, 2005 Mehr


Editorial Rating

9

Qualities

  • Innovative
  • Applicable

Recommendation

Kieran Egan presents a fascinating, effective overview of the imagination’s central role in learning. He explains how teachers can harness imagination to help students become excited about education and become more effective learners with improved test scores. Egan explains crucial cognitive tools for teachers, and outlines difficulties educators may face in emotionally connecting to and embracing their own imaginations in the teaching environment. getAbstract recommends Egan’s fresh, convincing methods to teachers on every level, to educational administrators, and to anyone interested in becoming a more efficient, receptive learner.

Take-Aways

  • When teachers spark students’ imagination, kids learn well and earn higher test scores.
  • Students’ imagination and their emotions function in tandem.
  • “Imaginative instruction” is essential, but teachers can find it unwieldy and tangential since they must connect emotionally to their material.

About the Author

Educational philosopher Kieran Egan is director of the Imaginative Education Research Group, which champions the imaginative-education concept.


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