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Imagination in Teaching and Learning : the Middle School Years.
It is widely believed that a child's imagination ought to be stimulated and developed in education. Yet, few teachers understand what imagination is or how it lends itself to practical methods and techniques that can be used easily in classroom instruction. In this book, Kieran Egan--winner of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I.A Very Short History of the Imagination; Introduction; Myth, Memory, and Emotion; Ancient and Medieval Imagination; Imagination in the Enlightenment; The Romantic Imagination; Imagination in the Modern Period: Philosophical Work; Imagination in the Modern Period: Psychological Work; Conclusion; II. Why Is Imagination Important to Education?; Introduction; Imagination and Conventional Thinking; Imagination in Learning; Imagination and Memory; Social Virtues; Imagination and Freedom; Imagination and Objective Knowledge
- Vizualization, Originality, and CreativityThe Narrative Mind; Conclusion; III. Characteristics of Students' Imaginative Lives, Ages 8-15; Introduction; The Affective Connection; Extremes and Limits; Romance, Wonder, and Awe; Associating With the Heroic; Revolt and Idealism; Matters of Detail; Humanizing Knowledge; Conclusion; IV. Imagination and Teaching; Introduction; A Planning Framework For Imaginative Teaching and Learning; Exploration of the Framework by Means of an Example; Less Formal Implementations: Fragmenting the Framework; From Characteristics to Principles of Learning; Conclusion
- v. Image and ConceptVI. Some Further Examples; Introduction; Mathematics; Science; Social Studies; Language Arts; Conclusion; Conclusion; The Role of the Teacher; The Imaginative Curriculum; Eliminating Social Studies and Humanities; Imagination and Entertainment; Interests and Abilities: Educational Clichés; The Moral Dimension; The Logic of the Heart; References; Index