Kieran Egan Bücher

Challenging the notion of children as concrete thinkers, the author advocates for removing social studies from educational curricula. He critiques the effectiveness of empirical research in education, attributing its shortcomings to prevalent conceptual confusions. By addressing these presuppositions, the author seeks to enhance critical thinking about educational issues, encouraging a reevaluation of current practices and beliefs within the field.

The ills of education are caused, this text argues, because we have inherited three major educational ideas, each of which is incompatible with the other two. The text offers an alternative and proposes that teaching and curriculum should be changed to fit in with how we actually learn.

One of the most highly regarded educational theorists explains that the ideas upon which American public education was founded, and which continue to dominate educational thinking, are wrong.

This unique approach to teaching core literacy skills offers step-by-step planning frameworks and an appendix of activity ideas to show teachers how to engage students in the process.

Saved from certain death on the Whistler-Vancouver highway after his luxury car malfunctions, Mark Morata feels honour-bound to reward his rescuer, Geoff Pybus, with a token of his undying gratitude. Geoff, a frustratingly humble university professor, happy with his family's lot in life, only wants the for his modest, straightforward wife to get tenure at her university. Luckily, Mark is a man for whom impossible is just another word. As a sophisticated importer-exporter of certain recreational substances ("drug lord" is such a cliché), Mark gets to work on the academic world with the same relentless nature that helped him climb to the top of the cartel. However, the hallowed campus halls reveal an environment that is vicious and corrupt beyond anything he has ever encountered in the drug business...

Shows teachers how to integrate imagination and reason into the curriculum when planning classes in social studies, language arts, mathematics, and science.

In this book, award-wining educator Kieran Egan shows how we can transform the experience of schooling in K 12 classrooms and help students become more knowledgeable and more creative in their thinking. A child's journey through school begins when they are not yet literate and ends when they are capable of complex, abstract thinking.

This engaging book presents a frontal attack on current forms of schooling and a radical rethinking of the whole education process. Kieran Egan, a prize-winning scholar and innovative thinker, does not rail against teachers, administrators, or politicians for the failures of the school. Instead he argues that education today is built on a set of mutually exclusive goals that are destined to defeat our best efforts. Egan explores the three big ideas and aims of education—academic, social, and developmental growth—and exposes their flaws and fundamental incompatibility. He then proposes and describes a process called Imaginative Education that would dramatically change teaching and curriculum while delivering the skills and understanding that we all want our children to acquire. His speculative narrative of education from 2010 to 2060—executed with wit and verve—shows how we might very well get there from here.

Exploring the significance of imagination in children's education, Kieran Egan offers insights into its role in effective learning. The book includes practical lesson plans designed to help teachers foster creativity and engage students' imaginations, ultimately enhancing the learning experience.

The book presents a distinctive method for teaching essential literacy skills, featuring detailed planning frameworks that guide educators in effectively engaging students. An appendix filled with activity ideas enhances the practical application of the concepts, making it a valuable resource for teachers aiming to foster active participation in literacy learning.