Curriculum Imagination as Subject Matter

Document Type

Contribution to Book

Publication Date

2015

Publication Title

The SAGE Guide to Curriculum in Education

DOI

10.4135/9781483346687.n20

ISBN

9781483346687

Abstract

Educators and members of the general public often hear that imagination is one of the major purposes of curriculum and teaching. Others counter by saying that we don’t want students to be overly imaginative without being practical and serious. What lies behind these positions? Is an imaginative citizenry wanted, or is it feared because it might push against too many of our basic convictions and assumptions?

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