This program combines the Imaginative Education and Learning in Depth programs and will be held in Surrey. This MEd program is based on three aspects of the Imaginative Education Research Group’s (IERG) work. The first involves coming to understand how students’ imaginations develop during their school years. The second aspect involves exploring ways to enable teachers routinely to engage students’ imaginations in better learning the material of the curriculum in everyday practice. The third aspect draws upon the innovative theories and practices of "Learning in Depth" which:
- Is grounded in research, theory, and practice
- Focuses on the development of participants' range of expertise and repertoires of teaching.
- Encourages students to view issues and problems in their workplace in deeper, more complex and educative ways.
- Relates scholarly and humanistic questions and concepts to professional knowledge of critical and creative thinking.
This program seeks to accomplish the programming aspects through:
(1) Exploring some alternative and innovative ideas about education;
(2) Engaging teachers in the active reworking of subject matter so as to capture learners’ imaginations;
(3) Working with teachers to plan, implement and evaluate their use of these innovative ideas in practice.
The faculty members teaching in the program are all members of the IERG group. They are committed to working with teachers in the study of their practice and in collaborating with them in bringing about more imaginative learning situations as well as a deep understanding of the Learning in Depth theories and practices.
