Upcoming Imagination as Pedagogy

This section introduces Imaginative Education (IE) as a pedagogical framework, drawing on the work of Dr. Kieran Egan and the Imaginative Education Research Group. It highlights the roles of the body (somatic understanding) and language (mythic understanding) in learning. Educators will explore how IE provides both theoretical grounding and practical tools to recognize and articulate the imaginative dimensions already present in their teaching, enriching everyday educational practices through an imaginative lens.

Presenter: Kym Stewart

Kym holds a PhD in Education and an M.A. from the School of Communication from Simon Fraser University. Her PhD thesis explores her decades of media research, including various projects looking at children’s media culture and media-education practices. Her M.A. also explored youth media culture and is one of the earliest explorations of South Korea’s youth gaming and PC-Bang culture. She currently works as an instructor in the School of Communication at Capilano University.

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