Preliminary Material / Gillian Judson -- Introduction / Kieran Egan -- The Adventures of H2O / Tannis Calder -- What’s the Story about Color in the Primary Grades? / Mary Mulleady -- Philosopher Pirates: Teaching over Their Heads / Caitlyn James -- The Pronoun Rules / Kelly Han -- Using Role-Play in Middle-School and Secondary Classes / Asia Wilson -- Using Imagination in the Math Classroom / Jarrett Wilke -- Hobbits, History and Imagination / Lisa Loewen -- Vygotsky on the Development of Imagination / Natalia Gajdamaschko -- Culture and Imagination in the Science Classroom / Mark Fettes -- Educating the Imagination / Rod McKellar -- Reflecting on Practice / Gillian Judson -- Soundscape / Gillian L. Bateman -- Voicing Our Imagination / Anne Chodakowski -- Imaginative Ecological Education / Sean Blenkinsop.

This book offers a detailed examination of imagination in learning. Teachers working with the ideas of Imaginative Education in their classrooms provide examples that cover multiple curricular areas and span elementary through secondary school contexts. “Imagination” has moved in recent years from being considered some kind of educational frill to a recognized main workhorse of teaching and learning. It is this new perspective that this book celebrates and exemplifies. The book is divided between teachers’ and researchers’ voices, both exploring a range of ways in which the imagination can be used in everyday classrooms to enhance learning and increase the satisfactions of teaching. This book demonstrates how engaging the imagination lies at the core of effective education.

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