“Imagination bodies forth the forms of things unknown.” Shakespeare.
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Transcript of “Imagination bodies forth the forms of things unknown.” Shakespeare.
Imagination“Good teachers thus have the ability to
Imagine themselves in their students’ placesHelp students imagine themselves in other
times, location, and circumstances.”
ImaginationWilliam James: “In teaching, you must simply
work your pupil into such a state of interest in what you are going to teach him that everyone other subject of attention is banished from his mind; then reveal it to him so impressively that he will remember the occasion to his dying day; and finally fill him with a devouring curiosity to know what the next steps in connection with the subject are.”
ImaginationImagine how to capture their imagination
This will differ from student to studentGood teachers try to contrive ways of using
their students’ varied interests to lead them to learn on their own
ImaginationImagination has to be assisted by memory
Teachers must summon recollections of their own struggles to learn
Must recall their own frustrations and failures
ImaginationImagination must be accompanied by
compassionBy a teacher’s understanding of the energies
that students expendBy a teacher’s understanding of the risks that
students take to gain knowledge
ImaginationImagination is the quality that allows
teachers to tackle subject matter in novel and attractive waysTo play with knowledgeTo find fresh and distinctive approaches to
putting facts and arguments togetherTo respond to the interests of the studentsTo respond to the situations of the students
Imagination“Imagination in teaching begins with
confidence that knowledge is transferable.”HopeSome way of getting throughLearning can happen. Now how do I make it
happen?
Imagination“Imaginative teachers find their own ways to
enhance learning.”Challenges to introducing knowledge
Each student Each classroom Each subject Each occasion
Imagination“Imagination means visualizing students’
futures.”Teaching invites students to enter into a world
of infinite possibilities of thought and visionTeaching aims at enriching students minds and
spirits so that they can lead full lives through their understanding of life itself.
Students can see knowledge as possible lives
Imagination“Imagination emphasizes the needs and
reactions of students.”Teachers must present what students do not
yet know in attractive and positive formsTeachers must convince students that they can
Master new subject matter Play with new knowledge Create their own understanding of the world
Imagination“Imagination enhances and facilitates the
presentation of subject matter.”Good teachers will make the strange familiar
and the unintelligible obvious by imagining their students’ difficulties in advance
ImaginationTeaching is always an act of faith.A teacher’s sustaining faith in the capacity of
knowledge and understanding to enrich lifeImagination in teaching thus has more to do
with potential than with realization.Imagination allows a teacher to take each
achievement of instruction as an invitation to envisage the outcome of the next challenge.