ABSTRACT

This book discusses the kind of imaginative thinking which is going on all the time without producing the masterpieces of art and culture. The author brings together the body of educational theory, psychological theory and some general opinions about imagination, to provide an account of everyday imagining for educationalists, psychologists, teachers and parents.

chapter Chapter 1|23 pages

Imagination: Definitions and Problems

chapter Chapter 2|27 pages

Opposition to Imagination

chapter Chapter 3|26 pages

Images and Imagining

chapter Chapter 4|29 pages

Everyday Imagining

chapter Chapter 5|30 pages

Uses and Effects of Imagining

chapter Chapter 6|21 pages

Measuring and Assessing Imagination

chapter Chapter 7|26 pages

Imagination and other Kinds of Thinking

chapter Chapter 8|29 pages

Education and Imagination