{"product_id":"imagination-in-teaching-and-learning-kieran-egan-9780226190358","title":"Imagination in Teaching and Learning: The Middle School Years","description":"It is widely believed that a child's imagination ought to be \u003cbr\u003estimulated and developed in education. Yet, few teachers \u003cbr\u003eunderstand what imagination is or how it lends itself to \u003cbr\u003epractical methods and techniques that can be used easily in \u003cbr\u003eclassroom instruction. In this book, Kieran Egan--winner of \u003cbr\u003ethe prestigious Grawemeyer Award for his work on \u003cbr\u003eimagination--takes up where his \u003ci\u003eTeaching as Story Telling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eleft off, offering practical help for teachers who want to \u003cbr\u003eengage, stimulate, and develop the imaginative and learning \u003cbr\u003eprocesses of children between the ages of eight to fifteen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is not about unusually imaginative students and \u003cbr\u003eteachers. Rather, it is about the typical student's \u003cbr\u003eimaginative life and how it can be stimulated in learning, \u003cbr\u003ehow the average teacher can plan to achieve this aim, and how \u003cbr\u003ethe curriculum can be structured to help achieve this aim. \u003cbr\u003eSlim and determinedly practical, this book contains a wealth \u003cbr\u003eof concrete examples of curriculum design and teaching \u003cbr\u003etechniques structured to appeal specifically to children in \u003cbr\u003etheir middle school years. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kieran Egan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226190358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226190358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.18h x 5.17w x 0.43d","brand":"Kieran Egan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913424011519,"sku":"9780226190358","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d8d68140-d0f4-4bff-b419-390aa15b0347.jpg?v=1680620333","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/imagination-in-teaching-and-learning-kieran-egan-9780226190358","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}