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New Chinese Section
We are beginning to add a Chinese language section to the website, and start it with a translation of the introductory pages of our current site. The most substantial item is a translation of the Brief Guide to Imaginative Education. 我们正在为本网站开通一个中文板块，以中文的首页介绍开始，并附上一份完整的中文版的“富有想像力的教育简介”。
Imagination Education For Everyone!
The Fourth Annual Imagination Education for Everyone! conference will take place at the National-Louis University campus in downtown Chicago, Nov. 21-22. Online registration and information about all of the workshops and artistic performances can be found here: www.nl.edu/imagine
Circular Planning Frameworks
The latest development in our Planning Frameworks for teachers is Tannis Calder’s Circular frameworks. Many teachers find these more “user-friendly” than our other frameworks.
Teaching, Learning, and Imagination at Smith College
Smith College, Massachusetts, recently sponsored a conference on “Teaching, Learning and Imagination.” Many of the presentations were from teachers in the Smith College Campus School, where they have been experimenting with implementing IE ideas in their teaching.
Reimagining the School from the Ground Up
Published in September 2008, Kieran Egan’s latest book—The Future of Education: Reimagining the school from the ground up—is an attempt to show how both traditionalist and progressivist forms of education have let us down. The second half of the book is a “history” of education from 2010 to 2060, showing how we might realistically, practical step by practical step, remake the schools to better reflect the ideals of Imaginative Education.
Dr. Qing-yu Pan, visiting Scholar
We welcome Dr. Qing-yu Pan who will be with us for six months as a Visiting Scholar. He comes from Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China.
New Introduction to IE Resource kits available.
We are putting the final finishing touches to our new “Introduction to Imaginative Education: Resource materials.”
First On-line M.Ed. Graduates
The happy-to-graduate group who recently successfully completed our first on-line M.Ed. in Imaginative Education.
New Japanese and Spanish Sections
You may have noticed that we have added two further language sections to this web site.
New book by long-time IERG associate
New book by long-time IERG associate.
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.
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.
RA Position Available
IERG's LUCID project, "Learning for Understanding through Culturally Inclusive Imaginative Education", has a Research Assistant position available.
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:
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.