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Abstract
We propose that teacher candidates need to have extended experiences with learning to teach imaginatively, which is to say that teacher candidates need to have experiences that enable them to consider new possibilities in education. We first attend to the general theoretical framework offered by imaginative education before moving on to consider the implications of imaginative education for teacher education programs. We conclude with some provocations to the field that we hope will be of use for those who might wish to join us in considering how we might teach teachers to teach in imaginative ways — a complex sentence with an even more complicated set of implications.
Résumé
Nous recommandons que les futurs enseignants vivent un éventail d’expériences d’apprentissage et ce, afin d’enseigner de manière imaginative. Cela signifie que les enseignants en devenir ont besoin d’expériences leur permettant d’envisager de nouvelles avenues en éducation. Tout d’abord, nous nous attardons au cadre théorique général de l’éducation imaginative. Par la suite, nous examinons les répercussions de l’éducation imaginative sur les programmes de formation des maîtres. Nous terminons cet article en mettant le milieu au défi. Ainsi, nous espérons que nos propos seront utiles à ceux désireux de se joindre à nous pour repenser la formation des maîtres, dans l’optique de leur enseigner à enseigner de manière plus imaginative…un énoncé bien complexe ayant des répercussions encore plus complexes.
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Biographical notes
Kieran Egan is Professor Emeritus of the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University and a former Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Development and the Curriculum. He is a founding co-director of the Imaginative Education Research Group (IERG). His research interests include educational and curriculum theory, conceptions of development in education, and the way cognitive tools shape our learning and understanding.
Shawn Michael Bullock is Associate Professor of science and technology education and is currently serving as Associate Dean, Graduate Studies for the Faculty of Education at SFU. His research interests include the epistemological and ontological problems of how we learn to teach through experiences and he is currently engaged in thinking about the role of imaginative education in his maker pedagogy research program.
Anne Chodakowski has been affiliated with Simon Fraser University’s Imaginative Education Research Group since 2004. She is currently a sessional instructor in SFU’s Faculty of Education. Her scholarly interests include imaginative teacher education, professional development, literacy, drama and story telling, and teaching and learning using the body.
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Notes biographiques
Kieran Egan est professeur émérite de la faculté d’éducation de l’Université Simon Fraser et ancien président de la chaire de recherche du Canada sur le Cognitive Development and the Curriculum. Il est codirecteur de la Imaginative Education Research Group (IERG). Ses intérêts de recherche comprennent la théorie éducationnelle et des programmes, les conceptions de développement en éducation et la manière dont les outils cognitifs façonnent l’apprentissage et les connaissances.
Shawn Michael Bullock est professeur agrégé en enseignement des sciences et de la technologie et agit actuellement à titre de doyen adjoint aux études supérieures à la faculté d’éducation de l’Université Simon Fraser. Ses recherches portent sur les problématiques épistémologiques et ontologiques dans le contexte d’apprentissage de l’enseignement par le biais d’expériences. Impliqué dans la création d’un programme de recherche sur la pédagogie, il a amorcé une réflexion portant sur le rôle de l’éducation imaginative.
Anne Chodakowski collabore avec le groupe de recherche sur l’éducation imaginative de l’Université Simon Fraser (SFU) depuis 2004. Elle est présentement chargée de cours à la faculté d’éducation de la SFU. En tant que chercheur, elle s’intéresse à la formation imaginative des futurs enseignants, au développement professionnel, à la littératie, à l’art dramatique et à la communication narrative, ainsi qu’en l’enseignement et l’apprentissage par le corps.