Pk Pd Iatefl 2010

Trial and Error – ‘imaginative education’ and professional

development

Kieran Egan: The core of Imaginary Education

• Somatic• Mythic• Romantic• Philosophic• Ironic

understanding

workshops v.

classroom teaching

demands

professional dynamic

pro-active

"professional development" in schools is a joke

http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/P21_Framework.pdf

Change = conflict

Enter experience personal theories

experience personal theories

http://www.contenttocommerce.com/roi/the-life-stage-of-social-media-roi/attachment/life_cycle_rgb/

Desire emotional life

positively cultivateavoid negatively damaging it

Thanks

http://www.flickr.com/photos/globetoppers/2121237975/