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EDFD460 Creativity and Imagination in Education

10 cp

Based on the work of educational thinkers such as Kieran Egan, this unit explores the nature of creativity and imagination and the potential they offer education today. As the world of education becomes dominated by government and business directives for accountability, standardisation and compliance, and as children particularly in the western world are subjected to the social mores of media-driven standards of accepted social practice, the encouragement of originality, inventiveness and deeper thinking in decision making, which are fostered through creativity and imagination, become critical abilities for the adults of tomorrow. This unit embraces a broad understanding of the concepts of creativity and imagination and explores ways in which teachers might adopt principles and practices from a values-based perspective to encourage the abilities of their students.

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