CBC Education Forum Highlights Imagination, Community

The director of the LUCID project, Dr. Mark Fettes, was one of the featured panellists on a two-hour CBC Radio forum on Friday, March 30th, focusing on the future of education in British Columbia.

The forum, moderated by BC Almanac host Mark Forsythe and held in SFU's Wosk Centre for Dialogue, focused on themes identified by participants in the Imagine BC project, including citizenship, inclusivity, and community. Dr. Fettes contributed to the second of these themes, offering an example from G.M Dawson Secondary on Haida Gwaii of imaginative teaching that helped students connect more closely with the community in which they lived.

The words "imagination" and "community" recurred in many contributions to the forum. Several participants argued for arts-based approaches to education, while others alluded to the importance of listening to students and giving them a more active role in schooling. While the time did not allow for a presentation of the principles of imaginative education or the details of the LUCID project, it was apparent that a great desire exists for practical yet visionary initiatives along these lines.

A recording of the CBC broadcast is available at: http://www.cbc.ca/bcalmanac/. The LUCID project is described at http://www.ierg.net/lucid/.