Whitton Fostering Imagination in Higher Education

Disciplinary and Professional Practices
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-351-61247-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 242 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Research in Higher Education

Imagination and creative teaching approaches are increasingly important across all higher education disciplines, not just the arts. Investigating the role of imagination in teaching and learning in non-arts disciplines, this book shows that a lack of clarity about what imagination in h igher education looks like impedes teachers fostering their students’ creativity. Drawing on three ethnographic studies from physics, history and finance courses, it explores successful strategies educators can use to encourage their students’ imagination, and how students experience learning when it is focussed on engaging their imagination.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Whitton, Joy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- Theories of Imagination and Learning

- Defining and Practising Creativity

- Quantam Physics: Constituting Understanding by Combining Mindtools

- Medieval History: Mastering the Rules of Technique

- Finance: Strategic Reasoning and Simulation Pedagogy

- Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Joy Whitton is an academic developer at the Office of Learning and Teaching, Monash University, Australia.