robert fitzgerald, phd

From the Imaginative Education Research Group

"You are now leaving Flatland. Why we need imagination in education" is a short article written by IERG Australian Associates, Drs. Robert Fitzgerald and Thomas Nielsen and their PhD student, Bronwen Haralambous.

The article is an introduction to the importance of imagination and emotional engagement in Education. Referencing a variety of sources such as Ken Wilber, brain reseachers Antonio Damasio and Joseph LeDoux, as well as Rudolf Steiner and Patti Lather, this article touches on the sound reasoning behind re-visioning education with imagination and emotional engagement as cornerstones of the educational enterprise.

This article was first published in Professional Educator, Australia's national quarterly education magazine for educators across all state, Catholic and independent schools. Reproduced with kind permission. Subscribe by visiting http://www.acer.edu.au/profed/order.html. To view the table of contents for this issue (vol 6, no. 4 October 2007), go to: http://www.acer.edu.au/profed

It also introduces readers to the 6th International Conference on Imagination and Education which will be taking place in Canberra Australia thanks to the hard work of authors Robert Fitzgerald, Thomas Nielsen and our coordinator, Teresa Martin.