Imagination and the Engaged Learner: Cognitive Tools for the Classroom

by Kieran Egan and Judson Gillian

Book Overview

Students' imaginations are often considered as something that might be engaged after the hard work of learning has been done. Countering such beliefs, Egan and Judson show that the imagination--one of the great workhorses of learning--can be used to make all learning and all teaching more effective. Through techniques that any teacher can learn and easily apply in any classroom, they demonstrate how and why imagination can be used across the curriculum...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807757128
• ISBN13: 9780807757123
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.8"