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 ActionsImagine! Online December 2006Up one leveledited by Catherine Broom Welcome IRNIE!
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2006-12-19 11:42
The International Research Network in Imagination and Education (IRNIE) is developed on the initiatives of the Imaginative Education Research Group at Simon Fraser University and extends the international recognition and impact of educational research in a field where Canada has become a global leader in recent years. IRNIE brings together established and new researchers from across Canada and the world who have come to see imagination as central in some way to their research. Many of these researchers first became aware of each other’s work through International Conferences on Imagination and Education, organized in Vancouver in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 by IERG. Many have also been attracted to the field by the books and articles of IERG director Kieran Egan, who has pursued a distinctive line of inquiry into the role of imagination in teaching and learning for some 30 years. IRNIE’s Inaugural Meeting
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2006-12-07 14:46
IRNIE’s first Planning meeting was held at the Coast Plaza hotel, directly after the IERG Conference in July, 2006. It provided an opportunity for researchers from around the world to share their research and begin international collaborative networks. Its three research priorities were identified as: People at IERG
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2006-12-19 11:40
Owen Tyers is a Ph.D. candidate in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University whose research focuses on exploring theories of intelligence and motivation within the context of sustainability with an eye to reforming curriculum. His academic background includes a B.A. in Psychology at the University of British Columbia, law school at the University of Windsor, and a M.P.A. at the University of Victoria. His professional background includes running several sales- and engineering-related businesses, producing and developing educational television, and acting as a legal researcher, a management consultant, and a policy analyst. More People at IERG
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2006-12-19 11:35
Vandy Britton is a Doctoral student in Arts Education at Simon Fraser University. She is currently working to organize IERG’s international curriculum area focused groups. The aim is to provide opportunities for researchers from all over the world to cooperate on research and development activities within their particular curriculum specialties. We are beginning with a science-oriented group. If you would like to be included, please email Vandy at ierg-ed@sfu.ca. Research Highlights
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2006-12-08 17:07
Imaginative Education for School Inclusion of Students with Special Needs: Focus on ADHD 2006-2009. This project is the result of a common initiative promoted by IERG and Mrs. Nadia Tarnoveanu, an IERG collaborator in the city of Bucharest, Romania. The project seeks to provide a comprehensive approach to finding solutions through education for students at risk, with a focus upon students who have been labeled with ADHD. Meaningful Learning in Narrative Environments
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2006-12-08 17:11
Research for the Academy of Finland—Pentti Hakkarainen. The World Bank has collected substantial evidence on the decisive role of high quality, early educational programs on later success in school and life. Their conclusion is that investing in development during the early years of life is the most profitable educational investment. The Finnish national curriculum guidelines for early and preschool education emphasize play as an essential element of child development, but play totally disappears from comprehensive school core curricula. Yet neither the effectiveness of play as central to the pre-school curriculum nor the abandonment of play in middle childhood is justified by contemporary research. Coming in our next Newsletter!
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2006-12-08 17:23
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