Engaging Imagination and Developing Creativity in Education Book

Preface Kieran Egan vii

Part I Imagination and Creativity: Theories and Discussions

The TIEs That Bind: How Imagination Grasps the World Mark Fettes 2

Dialectic Explication of Creativity Gadi Alexander Yakir Shoshani 17

Teacher as the Imaginative Learner: Egan, Saitou, and Bakhtin Kiyotaka Miyazaki 33

Identifying Legitimate Tools for Learning: CHAT and Authentic Learning Colin Sommerville 45

Text and Image: From Metaphor to Dream Concettina Manna Giuliano Minichiello 55

Part II Imagination and Creativity: Putting It into Practice

The Interface between the Arts and the Sciences from an Educational Perspective Kieran Egan Rod McKellar 68

Imagination in the Development of Speech and Literacy Michael Herriman 87

Inclusive Curriculum Design through Narrative and Imaginative Interactive Learning Environments Lisa Gjedde 107

Narrative in Early Learning: Transitioning from Pre-School to Kindergarten Krystina Madej 123

Indigenous and Modern Epistemologies in the Learning of Mathematics Kanwal Neel 143

Contemporary Heroes and Students' Motivation for Learning Stefan Popenici 159

Gender and Achievement through the Socio-Cultural Lens: Implications for Research and Curricular Design Sean McLaughlin Tim Waddington 177

Teaching as Game Playing Qingyu Pan 194

Imagination and Teacher Formation: The Experience of the Museum of Childhood Gladir da Silva Cabral Celdon Fritzen Maria Isabel Leite 214

Contributors 226