The Role of Mental Imagery in Imaginative and Ecological Teaching

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  • Gillian Judson Simon Fraser University

Abstract

This article explores how mental imagery evoked from words might enhance the learning of cross-curricular content and how it may help cultivate students’ ecological understanding: that deep sense of connection to a living world and the care and concern to live differently within it. With reference to Elliott Eisner’s and Kieran Egan’s works, I offer a rationale for attending more fully to mental imagery in teaching. The article concludes with a discussion of pedagogical implications for more meaningful and engaging school experiences based on students’ and teachers’ imaginative engagement with curricular
content.

Author Biography

Gillian Judson, Simon Fraser University

Lecturer, Faculty of Education

Co-Director, Imagintive Education Research Group

Director, Imaginative Ecological Education Program

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2014-12-08

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Judson, G. (2014). The Role of Mental Imagery in Imaginative and Ecological Teaching. Canadian Journal of Education/Revue Canadienne De l’éducation, 37(4), 1–17. Retrieved from https://journals.sfu.ca/cje/index.php/cje-rce/article/view/1725

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