Engaging Imagination in Ecological Education

Dr. Gillian Judson is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. She teaches in Educational Leadership and Curriculum and Instruction programs. Her research looks at the role of imagination in leadership, imagination's role in learning (K-post-secondary), imaginative and ecological teaching practices (PreK through post-secondary), and imaginative assessment in the post-secondary context. She is co-author of Imagination and the Engaged Learner: Cognitive Tools for the Classroom. (Egan & Judson, 2016) and author of A Walking Curriculum (Judson, 2018/2019).

• Introduction1 The Rationale for Imaginative Ecological Education2 Principles of Imaginative Ecological Education3 Strategies for Engaging Students' Emotions in Learning – A Study in Weather4 Strategies for Engaging the Body in Learning – A Study in Weather5 Place and Sense of Place – Strategies for Connecting Students with the Natural World6 Using IEE Principles to Support Reading and Writing7 Site-Specific Tracking and Literacy Activities8 Developing and Sustaining an IEE ProgramAppendix A: Some Guidelines for Mythic and Romantic IEE PlanningAppendix B: Five Steps for Collaboratively Planning IEE UnitsAppendix C: Templates for IEE PlanningNotesReferencesIndex

…Gillian Judson's explanations lead you to investigate the world around you further, eventually leaving you with this AHA! moment of how all learning fits together.- Editor (Green Teacher)