Teaching and Learning Outside the Box

Drs. Maureen Stout and Keiichi Takaya were our post-doctoral fellows at the time, and they took on the always difficult job of editing the book. Kieran Egan was later dragged in to help too. The book has essays by: Kieran Egan, Keiichi Takaya, Maureen Stout, Peter Liljedahl, Geoff Madoc-Jones, Sean Blenkinsop, Sharon Bailin, Andrew Schofield, and Mark Fettes.

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The publisher’s blurb:

Everyone knows that educational success is much more likely when students' imaginations and emotions are caught up in learning. While we have a rich educational literature about holding students' interest, we do not have very much sustained work on what the imagination is, how it works in learning, or how it may be inspired in the classroom. Addressing the whole curriculum, this book provides insights into each of those areas central to educational success. Knowledgeable authors describe innovative teaching methods based on these insights, which offer new ways of planning and teaching. 

Contents:

Table of Contents
Introduction                                                                                                    pg  1 –   3

Part I: Setting the Context for Imagination in Education
Imagination, Past and Present
    By Kieran Egan                                                                                                  4 –  44

Imagination in the Context of Modern Educational Thought
      By Keiichi Takaya                                                                                             45 –  99

Critical Thinking, Imagination and New Knowledge In Education Research
    By Maureen Stout                                                                                              99 –  139

Part II: Imagination and Educational Practices
Affect and Cognition Reunited in the Mathematics Classroom: The Role of the Imagination
    By Peter Liljedahl                                                                                               140 –  177

Imagination and the Teaching of Literature: Interpretive and Ethical Implications
    By Geoff Madoc-Jones                                                                                         177 –  213

Imaginative Science Education: Two Problems and a Possible Solution
    By Sean Blenkinsop                                                                                             213 -  239

Imagination and Arts Education in Cultural Contexts      
    By Sharon Bailin                                                                                                  239 -  276

‘Maginin Some Peepin: Imagination and At-Risk Youth Education
    By Andrew Schofield                                                                                            276 –  295

Imaginative Multicultural Education: Notes Towards An Inclusive Theory
    By Mark Fettes                                                                                                    295 –  326

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