What people are saying about Imaginative EducationIt’s great stuff! I was exposed to it through the article in Educational Leadership and I am now reading the book. It makes so much sense! Thank you for your great work! Dave Bell (Texas) When I started to use IE several years ago now, that I tried it out in a few lessons here and there, was amazed at the success and then began to look for other areas and subjects in which I could use the Lesson Planning Frameworks and other aspects of the theory. Pamela Hagen. I am just back home after a great pro-day and still reeling from all that I learned from your workshop. Pamela Walker (Victoria, B.C.) I've been having a great deal of success with IE in the classroom. I taught grade 5 last year using IE-based concepts and had a GREAT year. I'm teaching kindergarten this year and using the concepts again - so far so fabulous! Mary Mulleady, (Teacher, Surrey.) |
Document ActionsCircular Planning Frameworks
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2008-10-29 14:07
The latest development in our Planning Frameworks for teachers is Tannis Calder’s Circular frameworks. Many teachers find these more “user-friendly” than our other frameworks. You might like to download copies of the mythic and romantic frameworks here. You will find two versions of each framework. The first included some guiding questions to help the teacher in planning a lesson or unit, and the second is a blank with space for writing down the elements of the plan.
We hear frequently from or about teachers who have developed units and lessons using our frameworks, but teachers seem reluctant to send us copies. We’d like to emphasize that we’d be really interested to see your examples, and we would be happy to make suggestions for improving them, if we can think of anything and you would like suggestions. We’d also be happy to add them to our set of examples, if you are willing to let us. |
Because many teachers find the hardest part of planning using IE is finding appropriate Binary Opposites or Heroic Qualities, Tannis has also provided pages of examples teachers might choose from. At least, this great variety of usable Binaries or Heroic Qualities will likely make it much easier for teachers to see which ones might do the job for them or give them ideas for others that they may find themselves. You can also download these from the Planning Frameworks page.