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"This is a fascinating, provocative, utterly visionary and courageously speculative imagining of an educational future that is simultaneously elite and egalitarian, deeply intellectual yet utterly connected to passion and identity. A most audacious proposal from one of education's most audacious thinkers . . . an inspiring challenge to those who aspire to deep understanding for their students.”—Lee S. Shulman, President Emeritus, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
"The Learning in Depth project has brought to our students a completely new relationship to learning that has been surprising in its depth and quality. After seeing Learning in Depth at work in our school community, I know this has been a critical, missing element. It has proven to be everything we imagined (and much more we didn't) when we heard about Kieran Egan's remarkable vision.”—Sheri Dunton, K-3 Teacher, Corbett Charter School
“Learning in Depth outlines a bold and stimulating curricular innovation designed to improve the quality of schooling from kindergarten through high school. The book’s key idea is certainly worthy of serious debate and continued experimentation. For that reason alone, I commend its suggestive proposal to the attention of thoughtful educators everywhere.”—Philip W. Jackson, David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus University of Chicago.
What people are saying about Imaginative Education
It’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.)
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Articles and Books
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The Educated Mind: How cognitive tools shape our understanding.
"Kieran Egan has one of the most original, penetrating, and capacious
minds in education today. This book provides the best introduction to
his important body of work."
Howard Gardner, author of Frames of Mind ,Multiple Intelligences: The Theory in Practice , etc.
Book cover, hardback
Available from: University of Chicago Press, or Amazon
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An imaginative approach to teaching
"Kieran Egan, K. (2005).
An imaginative approach to
teaching. SanFrancisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
***Translations available in Romanian,
Japanese, Indonesian, and Korean.
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Books In Progress/In Press
Cant A., Egan K., & Judson, G. Wonder-full education: The centrality of wonder to science, mathematics, humanities, and arts teaching.—work in progress.
Egan, K. Whole school projects; Invigorating learning
and building community.—work in progress.
Judson, G. Ecological education: Engaging students’ imaginations in everyday
practice.—work in progress.
Books Published in 2011
 
Egan, K. (2011). Individual development and the curriculum. London: Routledge. (Re-issue of a book first published in 1979 as Educational Development then revised and republished
 
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Egan, K. (2011). Learning in depth: A simple innovation that can transform schooling.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ***Translations
available in Turkish and Vietnamese.
Egan, K. (2011). Primary
understanding: Education in early childhood. London: Routledge. (Re-issue
of book first published in 1988.) ***Translations
available in Spanish and Portuguese
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Books Published in 2010
Egan, K.
& Madej, K. (Eds.) (2010). Engaging
imaginations and developing creativity.
Newcastle
upon Tyne, U.K.: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Judson, G.
(2010). A New Approach to Ecological
Education: Engaging students’ imaginations in their world. New York: Peter Lang.
Nielsen, T., Fitzgerald, R. & Fettes, M.
(2010). (Eds.). Imagination in educationaltheory and practice: A many-sided vision. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars
Publishing
Strike, K.
& Egan, K. (2010) Ethics and educational policy. London: Routledge.
(Reprint of book first published in 1978.)
Books Published in 2007 - 2009
Blenkinsop, S. (2009). (Ed.) The imagination in
education: Extending the boundaries in theory and practice. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press.
Egan, K. (2007). Teaching literacy: Engaging the
imagination of new readers and writers. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Egan, K. (2008). The future of education: Reimagining
our schools from the ground up. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Egan, K., Stout, M.,
& Takaya, K. (Eds.) (2007). Teaching and learning outside the box:
Inspiring imagination across the curriculum. New York: Teachers College Press
& London, Ontario: Althouse Press.
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Teaching as Story Telling
"Egan's book makes the reader look anew at what is too often taken
for granted about the ways in which children learn . . . I am very
impressed by the practicality of his introduction of the use of the
story-forms in curriculum for young children. His model is fascinating,
and its various possibilities in a range of fields makes it worth a good
look by many kinds of teachers." Maxine Greene, Teachers' College,
Columbia Univeristy.
Book cover, Chicago University Press edition
Available from University of Chicago Press, or Amazon
You may read the Introduction here.
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Imagination in Teaching and Learning
This book describes "strategies for animating even the most outwardly
prosaic of lessons. His prescribed transfusion of imagination into . .
.classroom education comes practically packaged and lucidly labelled,
with a nice balance between scholarly exposition and constructive
suggestion--and lightened by flashes of wit." Alan Klottrup, Journal of
Curriculum Studies.
Available from University of Chicago Press, or Amazon.
You may read the Introduction here.
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Graduate Theses/Dissertations
Cant,
A. (1999). Using fantasy to enhance young children's development and education.
Unpublished Masters Thesis. Simon Fraser
University, Burnaby, B.C.,
Canada.
Chodakowski,
A. (2009). Teaching made wonderful: Redesigning teacher education with imagination
in mind. Unpublished PhD Thesis. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.,
Canada.
Judson,
G. (2008). Imaginative ecological education.
Unpublished PhD Thesis. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada.
McKellar,
R. (2006) Opening the doors to dreamland:
Developing literacy and engagement
through Imaginative Education. Unpublished PhD Thesis. Simon Fraser
University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada.
Schulz, R. (2010) On the way to a philosophy of
science Unpublished PhD Thesis.Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada.
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Articles/Book Chapters/Monographs
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In
Press/Accepted for Publication
- Blenkinsop,
S. Four slogans for cultural change: An
evolving place-based, imaginative,
and ecological learning experience.
Journal of Moral Education.
- Blenkinsop,
S. Six actions we can take towards a
more ecological, holistic and imaginative
education. International Journal of
Holistic Education.
- Fettes.
M. Orality for all: An imaginative place-based approach to oral language
development. Language Awareness.
- Judson,
G. Engaging emotions and imaginations in
learning: A cognitive tools approach. Canadian Association of Principals, Spring
2012.
- Judson, G.
Engaging students’ imaginations in their world: Some features of imaginative ecological
education. Canadian Association of
Principals, Spring 2012.
Published in 2011
Blenkinsop, S. (2011). Integrated curricula and cultural
change: A question of why? Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, Fall
2011, 24 (1), 21-24.
Fettes, M. (2011). Review of Pádraig Hogan. The new
significance of learning:Imagination's heartwork. Studies in Philosophy and Education,
30 (3), pp. 315-321.
Fettes. M. (2011). Senses and sensibilities: Educating the
somatic imagination. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing 27(2), 114-129.
Fettes, M. & Judson, G. (2011) Imagination and the
cognitive tools of place-making. Journal of Environmental Education, 42 (2), pp. 123-135.
Hadzigeorgiou, Y. (2011). Fostering a sense of wonder in the
science classroom.Research in Science Education. doi: 10.1007/s11165-011-9225-6
Hadzigeorgiou Y., Klassen, S., & Froese-Klassen, C. (2011).
Encouraging a ‘romantic understanding’ of science: The effect of the Tesla Story. Science
& Education. doi:10.1007/s11191-011-9417-5
Judson, G. & Egan, K. (2011). Distinctive features of
‘Imaginative Education.’ In Clyde Coreil (Ed.) The ‘X’ Point: Where imagination is lost. New
Jersey: New Jersey
Published in 2010
Blenkinsop,
S. & Judson, G. (2010). Storying environmental education. CanadianJournal
of Environmental Education, 15 (1), 170-184.
Cant,
A. (2010). Supporting children’s creativity through music, dance, drama and art. In F. Griffiths (Ed.) Creative conversations
in the early years.
David
Fulton Publishing & Routledge Education Publishing, UK.
Chodakowski,
A., Egan, K., Judson, G., & Stewart, K. (2010). Some neglected components
of teacher education programs. In Craig, C. (Ed.), Cultivating curious and
creative minds! Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Egan,
K. (2010). Imaginative Education: The tools of engagement. Centre for Strategic
Education: Melbourne. Seminar Series # 195.
Egan,
K. (2010). Attention to wonder. In R. Lake (Ed.) Dear Maxine: Letters from anunfinished
conversation with Maxine Greene. New York: Teachers College Press, pp.131-132.
Egan,
K. (2010). Culture, imagination, and the development of the mind. In T.
Nielsen,
R. Fitzgerald, & M. Fettes (Eds.), Imagination in educational theory and
practice: A many-sided vision (pp.
21-41). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Fettes.
M., Nielsen, T.W., Haralambous, B., & Fitzgerald, R. (2010). Imagination
and education: a many-sided vision. In Nielsen, T.W., Fitzgerald, R. &
Fettes, M. (Eds.) Imagination in Educational Theory and Practice: A Many-sided
Vision, pp. 1-20. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars.
Fettes,
M. (2010). The TIEs that bind: How imagination grasps the world. In Egan, K.
& Madej, K. (Eds.) Engaging Imagination and Developing Creativity in
Education, pp. 2-16. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars.
Hadzigeorgiou,
Y. & Garganourakis, V (2010). Using Nikola Tesla’s life and experiments as
presented in the film “The Prestige” to promote scientific inquiry. Interchange,
41, 4, 363-378.
Hadzigeorgiou
et. al. (2010). Teaching about the importance of trees: A study withyoung
children. Environmental Education Research, 17, 519-536.
Judson,
G. (2010). Imaginative Ecological Education. In T. Nielson, R. Fitzgerald,
&M. Fettes (Eds.), Imagination in educational theory and practice: A many-sided vision (pp. 272-292). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Judson,
G. (2010). Imagination in mind:
Educating for ecological literacy. SeminarSeries Paper 198 (September
2010). Melbourne: Centre for Strategic
Education.
Stewart,
K. (2010). Mouse woman and the mischief
makers: Media education in a spirit of
imagination. In T. Nielsen, R. Fitzgerald & M. Fettes (Eds). Imagination in
educational theory and practice: A
many-sided vision (pp. 284 303). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
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Anne Chodakowski &
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Kieran Egan &
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Marcia McKenzie & Mark Fettes
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Mark Fettes
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R. J. McKellar
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R. J. McKellar
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Mita and the Ograk
From $14.78
In Mita and the Ograk, a young girl is kidnapped by a grotesque monster and forced to tend his stolen sheep. Her only chance of survival is to outwit and outcount the monstrous Ograk and devise clever counting methods to keep track of his ever-increasing flock of sheep. Through the character of Mita, this mathematical fable recapitulates some the ingenious counting methods that our ancestors invented to make counting large numbers easier over the ages.
 from http://www.lulu.com/content/488024
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Caterpillar's Colour Quest
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Children, Parents and teachers alike will cherish this quest for colour and self discovery. In Caterpillar’s Colour Quest, a plain little caterpillar sets out on a quest of self-discovery. He discovers the primary colours, but being a little cheeky, rejects the gifts of colours he is given and sets off to find ‘something different’. Eventually with the help of wise Ms. Rainbow, the little caterpillar comes to realize that the multitude of colours he seeks is already within him (the primary colours that he had already been given) and that he must take these gifts to create the new colours he seeks and become a beautiful butterfly. Caterpillar's Colour Quest is also a lesson on colour mixing and a great resource for any primary teacher. A lesson plan is available as a companion to the story.
from http://www.lulu.com/content/521374
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