Imagining Educational Transformation
imaginED | Canadian Education Blog
by bringingschooltolife
2d ago
By Lori Driussi, independent education consultant and Faculty Associate at Simon Fraser University This blog is an extension of Episode 7 of the Cultivating Imagination podcast.   Imagination is a way of being, a door opener, an invitation for all to enter and contribute to the world we seek but have not yet realized. One might say the same of education. To move from performative to transformative teaching and leading we need to imagine. Imagine education as an endeavour to create a more just world. Imagine that a relational and radical acceptance is our priority and context for policy m ..read more
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Supporting Imaginative Activism through Educated Discourse Communities
imaginED | Canadian Education Blog
by bringingschooltolife
6d ago
By Michael Dé Danann Datura, principal of Cortes Island School   This blog is an extension of Episode 5 of the Cultivating Imagination podcast.   As an “academic” it can be frustrating to have every lecture or big idea followed up by questions of: “…but what do we do now? …what are the practical implications? …how and why will this matter to my students on Monday morning?” As if having courageous conversations about important ideas or philosophies or, for example, the role that worldview plays on complex matters such as the climate catastrophe are “doing nothing.” On the other h ..read more
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Imagining New Possibilities in Education through Storytelling and Authentic Listening
imaginED | Canadian Education Blog
by bringingschooltolife
2w ago
By Moraima Machado, San Lorenzo Unified School District and Myra Quadros Meis, San Francisco Unified School District     This blog is an extension of Episode 4 of the Cultivating Imagination podcast. In education, imagination is essential. Imagination is the capacity we have as humans to imagine new possibilities. To create and re-create is to re-construct reality.  As a site leader, there is consistently a set of demands to maintain the system. Principals are accountable to many stakeholders and usually get stuck in the bureaucracy of the organizational system. This b ..read more
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Knowing and the Imagination in Uncertain Times
imaginED | Canadian Education Blog
by bringingschooltolife
1M ago
By Sean Blenkinsop,  professor in the faculty of education at Simon Fraser University   Last Tuesday I had the opportunity to be part of a dialogue with Andy Hargreaves where we explored ideas connected to educational leadership and the imagination.  And, thanks to all present, it was an interesting and engaging hour though we might have needed a touch more time to solve all the world’s problems. Happily, once we signed-off I still had a couple of things to mull over.  The most pertinent to this blog had to do with uncertainty. Both a recognition of its ubiquitous presence ..read more
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Curiosity, Imagination, Creativity and Action: A new approach to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
imaginED | Canadian Education Blog
by bringingschooltolife
1M ago
By Andy Hargreaves, Visiting Professor at the University of Ottawa and Research Professor at Boston College Note: This blog is an extension of the Cultivating Imagination podcast Episode 2: Shared Spaces, Multiple Voices- Imagining Inclusive and Sustainable Educational Ecosystems with Sean Blenkinsop and Andy Hargreaves     A few years ago, I was elected President of an international conference organization. With the preceding president, I interviewed 10% of the membership, to learn more about the organization. The interviewees liked the organization (otherwise they wouldn’t sti ..read more
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Imagination Is…
imaginED | Canadian Education Blog
by bringingschooltolife
1M ago
by Vidya Shah, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at York University   I’m so very grateful for the opportunity to have been in conversation with Jacqueline Lawrence, Stephen Hurley, and Meaghan Dougherty in Episode 1 of the Cultivating Imagination podcast. What a life-giving conversation that was! Below I share some thoughts on imagination since that conversation, drawing on inspiration from the Finding Our Way podcast hosted by Prentis Hemphill, the Emergent Strategies Series curated by adrienne marie brown, and my own learning from TheThe UnLeading Project.    Im ..read more
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Funded! The “Cultivating Imagination in Educational Leadership for Social and Ecological Justice” Project
imaginED | Canadian Education Blog
by gillianjudson
5M ago
We are pleased to share that our latest adventure—the Cultivating Imagination in Leadership for Social and Ecological Justice Project—received SSHRC Connections Grant funding! Following the publication of our book earlier this year entitled Cultivating Imagination in Leadership: Transforming Schools and Communities (Teachers College Press, 2023), we have been looking for additional ways to get people thinking about the importance of imagination in responding to today’s educational challenges—among them, addressing students’ wide-ranging physical, emotional, social, and academic needs, and faci ..read more
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The Heroic Classroom – Thrive
imaginED | Canadian Education Blog
by Christa Smith (formally Rawlings)
7M ago
By Christa Smith (formally Rawlings) (MEd in IE; Grade 6/7  Teacher, Learning in Depth Teacher) Welcome back to The Heroic Classroom. Over the course of the school year I have been on the hunt for two things: 1. Reflections on my lessons and how various heroic qualities present themselves. 2. Observations of how/if students recognize cognitive tools in action and how they put the tools into use themselves throughout the school year. I hope you continue to follow along on our Imaginative Education–or IE–adventure! NOTE: Are you new to Imaginative Education (IE ..read more
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Charting the Seas of Core Competencies: an Imaginative Education (IE) Exploration
imaginED | Canadian Education Blog
by Adelle
1y ago
By Katie Grigg (MEd in imaginative Education, deep diving and exploring the beautiful ocean of teaching on a daily basis!)   Get ready for the voyage of your life! The core competency ship is taking off right now – hop aboard if you want to know more! The inspiration for my action research project stemmed from my fascination with the new BC curriculum and the language behind it. Throughout my five years of teaching, I have seen the posters of core competencies hung in classrooms and schools, and I made a promise to myself to discover the best way to teach and communicate them to my stude ..read more
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On the Windowsill of Imagination
imaginED | Canadian Education Blog
by Adelle
1y ago
Holly BF Warren (atelierista/art studio teacher/multimedia artist) When we think we might stare into space, look out from a window, doodle, fiddle with whatever is at hand, touch our head, or play with our hair. Imagination weaves into our thoughts and nudges us into the realm of possibilities. If your thinking were a window, a place for observing and learning with an extensive windowsill, what would you place on it? If you found flower pots that grow imaginative paths, what would you grow in each pot? Each pot can grow an aspect of life that would enhance your teaching/profession thus that o ..read more
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