Mark Fettes, Director of the Centre for Imagination in Research, Culture and Education Note: This blog is an extension of Episode 6 of the Cultivating Imagination podcast. For twenty years, as a faculty member in Education at Simon Fraser University, I ran fairly large scale, community-based research projects with schools and school districts around British … Read more
by George Theoharis, Professor of Educational Leadership and Inclusive Elementary Education in the School of Education, Syracuse University This blog is an extension of Episode 6 of the Cultivating Imagination podcast. Think about Rosa Parks, Ed Nixon, Joanne Robinson, and the many Black community members of Montgomery, Alabama who imagined a bus system that was … Read more
By Lori Driussi, independent education consultant and Faculty Associate at Simon Fraser University This blog is an extension of Episode 7 of the Cultivating Imagination podcast. Imagination is a way of being, a door opener, an invitation for all to enter and contribute to the world we seek but have not yet realized. One might … Read more
By Michael Dé Danann Datura, principal of Cortes Island School This blog is an extension of Episode 5 of the Cultivating Imagination podcast. As an “academic” it can be frustrating to have every lecture or big idea followed up by questions of: “…but what do we do now? …what are the practical implications? …how and … Read more
By Moraima Machado, San Lorenzo Unified School District and Myra Quadros Meis, San Francisco Unified School District This blog is an extension of Episode 4 of the Cultivating Imagination podcast. The practice of imagination encompasses giving voice to the voiceless, moving left when others are moving right, building brave spaces, and engaging in authentic dialogue with … Read more
By Sean Blenkinsop, Professor in the faculty of education at Simon Fraser University Last Tuesday I had the opportunity to be part of a dialogue with Andy Hargreaves where we explored ideas connected to educational leadership and the imagination. And, thanks to all present, it was an interesting and engaging hour though we might have … Read more
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