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Imagination for Inclusion

Diverse contexts of educational practice

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Imagination for Inclusion offers a reconsideration of the ways in which imagination engages and empowers learners across the education spectrum, from primary to adult levels and in all subject areas. Imagination as a natural, expedient, and exciting learning tool should be central to any approach to developing and implementing curriculum, but is increasingly undervalued as learners progress through the education system; this disregards not only imagination’s potential, but its paramount place in informing truly inclusive approaches to teaching and learning. This book presents a new theory of imagination and includes discussion about its application to teaching and learning to increase the engagement of disaffected students and reinvigorate their relationships with curriculum content. Chapters include key ideas and discussion surrounding the benefits of introducing imaginative practices into the classroom for learners from a range of marginalised backgrounds, such as young people with disabilities and adult learners from socio-economically disadvantaged environments. In exploring imagination in the practice of inclusive education, the book includes chapters from researchers and practitioners in education who have fresh ideas about how learners and teachers have benefited from introducing imaginative pedagogies. The diverse collection, featuring writers with backgrounds from early childhood to adult education, will be essential reading for academics and researchers in the fields of education, inclusive education, social policy, professional development, teacher education and creativity. It will be of particular interest to current and pre-service teachers who want to develop inclusive practice and increase the engagement of all students with formal education.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-02-23
Mått156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt430 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Research in Education
Antal sidor216
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781138915985

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Derek Bland is a senior lecturer at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia. Following a varied employment history that included driving instruction and attempting to sell things, Derek qualified as a graphic designer. He then gained a teaching qualification and taught visual art before becoming a regional coordinator with the Disadvantaged Schools Program in a large rural region of Victoria. He joined QUT in 1991 to establish a special entry and student support initiative to assist people from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds. His research focuses on inclusive education, particularly the intersection of low socio-economic status and education, and the ways in which imagination can engage marginalised and reluctant young people with formal education.

ContentsList of figures & tablesAcknowledgmentsContributorsEditor’s prefaceChapter 1: Introduction: Reimagining imaginationPart 1. FantasyWhy is it so? An introduction to fantasyChapter 2: Playful pedagogies: Promoting active learning through play and imagination in the early years of schoolSusan IrvineChapter 3: Petting zoos and little dark spaces: Fantasy to inform school designDerek Bland Chapter 4: Letters of gratitude: A pedagogy of hope for teachers of young people with disabilities.Jennie Duke & ‘Fitz’Part 2. Creative imaginationUp the creek without a metaphor: An introduction to creative imagination Chapter 5: ‘Just use your imagination’: A teacher educator’s explorations of assessmentGill Rutherford, with Lucy Collins-McKenzie, Alex McLeod, Courtney Ross, & Aisha WilliamsChapter 6: Creativity for engagement and inclusionCarly Lassig Chapter 7: Imagining ourselves as 21st century learners: Making space to learnJill WillisPart 3. Critical imagination"And keep your eyes wide": An introduction to critical imaginationChapter 8: The power of creative, critical and empathetic imagination to shape transformative opportunities in the teaching of literacyVicky DuckworthChapter 9: Re-imagining Indigenous education through flexi-schoolingMarnee ShayChapter 10: Feeling futures: The embodied imagination and intensive timeAnna Hickey-Moody, Valerie Harwood, & Samantha McMahonPart 4. Empathic imaginationCrossing the empty spaces: An introduction to empathic imaginationChapter 11: Ethical imagination and the inclusive education agenda: The case of low-income countriesBill Atweh & Mellony GravenChapter 12: Imagination for Inclusion : Shared understandings across diverse contexts of educational practiceDonna Tangen & Louise MercerChapter 13: From stone to stone across the unknown seaJohn J. Cimino, Jr.Afterword: The challenge of imagination for inclusion Index