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RA Position Available
IERG's LUCID project, "Learning for Understanding through Culturally Inclusive Imaginative Education", has a Research Assistant position available.
IE in Romania
The large project connected with ADHD students in Romania is developing very successfully. Dr. Stefan Popenici and Dr. Nadia Tarnoveanu have recently conducted training workshops for teachers in the cities of Brasov, Constanta, and Piatra Neamt.
Harry Potter and Imagination
J.K Rowling, on receiving an honorary degree from Harvard recently made the following comments, that all IE promoters would share:
More IERG on YouTube
You might want to take a look at our latest brief video on YouTube or on TeacherTube. It involves a discussion of the Learning In Depth project, with Tannis Calder, Kieran Egan, and Don McCleod.
IERG awarded a $60,000 grant
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's International Opportunities Fund has granted IERG $60,000 to continue its work with centres in other countries. The project is to focus on development of teacher education materials and programs in various countries so that they can better implement Imaginative Educational methods. The picture is of (left to right) Sean Blenkinsop, Florentina Ion, IERG's Romanian publisher, Kieran Egan, Therese Iliscu, our translator, Nadia Tarnoeveanu, and Stefan Popenici, in Bucharest in 2007.
Teaching 360˚
A new book, edited by Gillian Judson, who is currently completing her Ph.D. at Simon Fraser University, and working as a Research Assistant for IERG, has just been published by Sense Publishing. The book contains essays by teachers who have taken IE M.Ed. courses, or who are researchers allied with IE.
The 6th Imagination & Education conference
The 6th. Conference on Imagination and Education was held in Canberra, Australia from Jan. 29th. To Jan. 31st. 2008. Participants came from more than a dozen countries. It was a lively and excellent event. Sean Blenkinsop, Tannis Calder, Kieran Egan, Mark Fettes, Kathryn Ricketts, Kym Stewart, and Jean Warburton came from the IERG at SFU. The Dean of Education at SFU, Dr. Paul Shaker also attended, and graciously introduced Kieran Egan’s talk.
Welcome to HERG!
On January 24th. And 25th. 2008 the Holistic Educational Research Group was formally inaugurated at a conference at LaTrobe University in Melbourne, Australia. Sean Blenkinsop and Kieran Egan of IERG were invited speakers.
Singapore Slings and Arrows
Tannis Calder, Kieran Egan, and Mark Fettes delivered a two-day workshop to members of the Singapore Minisitry of Education on Feb. 4th. & 5th. 2008. The focus was on how Imaginative Education could influence particularly the Singapore Social Studies curriculum.
Engaging Education Video
Starting on January 14th with a seminar led by Kym Stewart and Roman Onufrijchuk, our spring seminar series "Engaging Education" is being recorded for public viewing.
Embodied Theories at Play
What happens when a dancer/researcher performs her inquiry in a public space in a university beside a coffee shop and classrooms?
Learning in Depth
You might be interested to explore a new IERG project called “Learning in Depth.” The LiD item in the navigator bar will also take you there. This is an innovation to the curriculum that may transform the experience of schooling for all students.
Theory and Practice of the Storyline Method
Many IERG folk will be familiar with the work of our colleagues in the Storyline movement. We are happy to announce a book just published that gives a good sense of the theory and practice of the Storyline method.
IERG on YouTube!
We announced a while ago that we were experimenting with some brief videos that describe some of our teaching principles and their implications for practice. We have now revised the first seven and have mounted them on YouTube, at http://www.youtube.com/IERGvideo
Spring Seminar Series
We are pleased to announce the dates and speakers for our Spring Seminar Series. We will post abstracts, rooms and times as more information becomes available.
Books By Associates: Scientism & Education
Emery Hyslop-Margison, currently an associate professor at the University of New Brunswick, has published, with M. Ayaz Nazeem, a critical examination of the growing pressure to apply scientific principles as a means to improve education.
Books By Associates in Romanian
This volume, in Romanian, is written by Stefan Popenici and Kieran Egan. It examines the astonishing rise in diagnosing so many children as suffering from Attention Deficit Hyper-activity Disorder. The book provides a critique of the widespread use of this designation, and explores the degree to which imaginative education might provide a better prescription for many children.
Next Fall Event - Nov 16
We are pleased to have Kathryn Ricketts join us. She is working hard to plan our fall and spring seminar events and here are the initial results of all that work!
"You are now leaving Flatland...
"You are now leaving Flatland. Why we need imagination in education" is a short article written by IERG Australian Associates, Drs. Robert Fitzgerald and Thomas Nielsen and their PhD student, Bronwen Haralambousin.