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IRNIE’s Inaugural Meeting
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:
A. Imaginative curriculum and pedagogy, extending from the preschool years to high school and postsecondary education;
B. Imaginative education for marginalized groups of many kinds, typically extending beyond curriculum and pedagogy to include issues of school organization, community involvement, power and identity; and
C. Imagination in teacher education and teacher development.
Cutting across these three major research areas were a number of common needs and objectives, which can be summarized under the headings of Theory (diverse theoretical frameworks and languages for conceptualizing the role of the imagination in learning and development), Research Methods (investigating the role of the imagination in teaching and learning), and Praxis (various tools specifically designed to inspire and support imaginative educational practice to help bring about changes in education on a wide scale).