Thursday, November 11, 2010

Pedagogies of the Imagination

Pedagogies of the Imagination: Mythopoetic Curriculum in Educational Practice.  Leonard, Timothy; Willis, Peter (Eds.) 2008.

From the Publisher:  This book is about the practice of Imaginal Knowing in education. Imaginal knowing is not fantasy, but is linked to the way humans imagine the real world. Imaginal knowing moves the heart, holds the imagination, finds the fit between self-stories, public myths, and the content of cultural knowledge. It is deeply personal, yet open to the universe. The curriculum, as conceptualized here, is the medium through which imaginal knowing is evoked in both teachers and students.

In particular, see Chapter 3 by the prolific and always imteresting Peter Bishop : "The Shadow of Hope: Reconciliation & Imaginal Pedagogies" where Henry Corbin is cited several times.



(Thanks to Hadi Fakhoury for pointing this out).

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