In this book, award-wining educator Kieran Egan shows how we can transform the experience of schooling in K 12 classrooms and help students become more knowledgeable and more creative in their thinking. A child's journey through school begins when they are not yet literate and ends when they are capable of complex, abstract thinking.
In this book, award-wining educator Kieran Egan shows how we can transform the experience of schooling in K 12 classrooms and help students become more knowledgeable and more creative in their thinking. A child's journey through school begins when they are not yet literate and ends when they are capable of complex, abstract thinking.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Kieran Egan is professor of education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. His work focuses on teaching practices that develop a child's imagination. Dr. Egan is recipient of the prestigious Grawemeyer Award and a member of the National Academy of Education. He is also author of numerous books, including The Educated Mind and Teaching as Storytelling.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Imagination Underfoot xi Chapter One: A Tool Kit for Learning 1 Story Metaphor Binary opposites Rhyme rhythm and pattern Jokes and humor Mental imagery Gossip Play Mystery Embryonic tools of literacy Chapter One and a Half: Examples in Everyday Classrooms 39 Chapter Two: A Tool Kit for Literacy 77 Sense of reality Extremes of experience and limits of reality Association with heroes Sense of wonder Collections and hobbies Knowledge and human meaning Narrative understanding Revolt and idealism Changing the context Literate eye Embryonic tools of theoretic thinking Chapter Two and a Half: Examples in Everyday Classrooms 109 Chapter Three: A Tool Kit for Theoretic Thinking 151 Sense of abstract reality Sense of agency Grasp of general ideas and their anomalies Search for authority and truth Meta-narrative understanding Chapter Three and a Half: Examples in Everyday Classrooms 171 Conclusion: Imagination Every Day 209 Glossary 219 Appendix A: Mythic Framework 223 Appendix B: Romantic Framework 227 Appendix C: Philosophic Framework 231 Bibliography 235 The Author 237 Index 239
Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Imagination Underfoot xi Chapter One: A Tool Kit for Learning 1 Story Metaphor Binary opposites Rhyme rhythm and pattern Jokes and humor Mental imagery Gossip Play Mystery Embryonic tools of literacy Chapter One and a Half: Examples in Everyday Classrooms 39 Chapter Two: A Tool Kit for Literacy 77 Sense of reality Extremes of experience and limits of reality Association with heroes Sense of wonder Collections and hobbies Knowledge and human meaning Narrative understanding Revolt and idealism Changing the context Literate eye Embryonic tools of theoretic thinking Chapter Two and a Half: Examples in Everyday Classrooms 109 Chapter Three: A Tool Kit for Theoretic Thinking 151 Sense of abstract reality Sense of agency Grasp of general ideas and their anomalies Search for authority and truth Meta-narrative understanding Chapter Three and a Half: Examples in Everyday Classrooms 171 Conclusion: Imagination Every Day 209 Glossary 219 Appendix A: Mythic Framework 223 Appendix B: Romantic Framework 227 Appendix C: Philosophic Framework 231 Bibliography 235 The Author 237 Index 239
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