Simon Fraser University
Dr. Gillian Judson
Lecturer: Dr. Gillian Judson is a long-term lecturer at Simon Fraser University and one of the directors of the Imaginative Education Research Group. Her research is primarily concerned with sustainability and how an ecologically sensitive and imaginative approach to education can both increase students’ engagement with, and understanding of, the usual content of the curriculum but can show it in a light that can lead to a sophisticated ecological consciousness. Her research interests also include teacher education, professional development, and social studies education.

Email: gcj@sfu.ca
2008 Doctor of Philosophy
Curriculum Theory and Implementation		 Simon Fraser University
2002 Master of Arts
Curriculum and Instruction		 University of Victoria
1997 Post Degree Professional Program
Education		 University of Victoria
1996 Bachelor of Arts (with distinction) University of Victoria

Grants

2012 Co-Applicant, SSHRC – Public Outreach Grant Open Category.
Project: Bringing “learning in depth” to K-12 classrooms.

Teaching / Professional Positions

2012 (March – August) On Contract with Smithsonian Institute—Curriculum Development for Romare Bearden Exhibit A Black Odyssey.
2010 – 2012
 Limited Long-Term Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University
2010 – Present Director, Imaginative Education Research Group, Simon Fraser University
2009 – 2010 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Simon Fraser University
2006 – Present Instructor, Graduate Programs, Simon Fraser University
2005 – Present Instructor, Undergraduate Programs, Simon Fraser University
2005 – 2009 Research Assistant, Imaginative Education Group, Simon Fraser University
2002 Instructor, Graduate Programs, University of Victoria
1997 – 2005 Teacher, Langley School District #35 (Sciences Humanities 8-10, FSL 8-12)
1997 Teacher-on-call, Abbotsford School District #34 and Langley School District #35)

Courses Taught (Simon Fraser University)

EDUC 100 Selected Questions and Issues in Education
EDUC 325 Assessment in the Classroom
EDUC 471 Curriculum Development: Theory and Practice
EDUC 710/711 Special Topics: Issues in Imaginative Education
EDUC 816 Developing Educational Programs & Practice for Diverse Educational Settings
EDUC 822 Evaluation of Educational Programs
EDUC 823 Curriculum and Instruction in an Individual Specialty
EDUC 830 Implementation and Assessment of Educational Programs

Publications

BOOKS

Cant, A., Egan, K. & Judson, G. (Eds.) Wonder-Full Education; Emotional Engagement in Learning. (under review)

Judson, G. (2010). A New Approach to Ecological Education: Engaging students’ imaginations in their world. New York: Peter Lang.

Judson, G. (Ed.) (2008). Teaching 360: Effective Learning through the imagination. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES

Blenkinsop, S. & Judson, G. (2011). Storying environmental education. Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 15 (1), pp. 174-189.

Egan, K. & Judson, G. (2009). Values and imagination in teaching: With a special focus on social studies. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 41(2), pp. 126-140.

Fettes, M. & Judson, G. (2011). Imagination and the cognitive tools of place-making. Journal of Environmental Education, 42 (2), pp. 123-135.

Judson, G. (2006). Curriculum spaces: Situating educational research, theory and practice. The Journal of Educational Thought, 40(3), pp. 229-245.

Judson, G. & Egan, K. (2009). Imagination in a world of assessment. Curriculum and Teaching, 24(2), pp. 13-25.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Chodakowski, A., Egan, K., Judson, G., & Stewart, K. (2010). Some neglected components of teacher education programs. In Craig, C. (Ed.), Cultivating curious and creative minds! Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

Egan, K. & Judson, G. (2009). Of whales and wonder. In Engaging the whole child. (ebook) Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Judson, G. (2010). Imaginative Ecological Education. In T. Nielson, R. Fitzgerald, & M. Fettes (Eds.), Imagination and Education: Imaginative practice, imaginative inquiry (pp. 272-292). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Judson, G. (2008). Reflecting on practice: Imaginative education in the second language classroom. In G. Judson (Ed.), Teaching 360: Effective learning through the imagination (pp. 115-122). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

Judson, G. (in press). Re-Imagining sustainability education: Emotional and imaginative engagement in learning. In F. Kagawa & D. Selby (Eds.) Sustainability frontiers: Critical and transformative voices from the borderlands of sustainability education. Farmington Hills, MI: Barbara Budrich Publishers.

Zandvliet, D., Caulkins, M., Judson, G., & Mulder ten Kate, Q. (2007). Exploring the meaning of sustainability. In D. Zandvliet & D. Fischer (Eds.), Sustainable communities, sustainable environments: The contribution of science mathematics and technology education. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

OTHER ARTICLES

Egan, K. & Judson, G. (in press). Memory, imagination, and learning: Connected by the story. Educational Echoes.

Egan, K. & Judson, G. (2008). Of whales and wonder. Educational Leadership, 65(6), pp. 20-25.

Egan, K. & Judson, G. (2008). Of whales and wonder. The Best of Educational Leadership 2007—2008, pp. 32-36.

Judson, G. (in press). Engaging emotions and imaginations in learning: A cognitive tools approach. Canadian Association of Principals, Spring 2012.

Judson, G. (in press). Engaging students’ imaginations in their world: Some features of imaginative ecological education. Canadian Association of Principals, Spring 2012.

Judson, G. (2009). Imaginative Revolution. Teaching, Think!ng and Creativity, 9(4:29), pp.20- 26.

Judson, G. & Egan, K. (2011). Distinctive features of ‘Imaginative Education’. The Journal of the Imagination in Language Learning, 9, pp. 11-15.

Judson, G. & Egan, K. (in press). Elliot Eisner’s Imagination and Learning. Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy.

MONOGRAPHS

Judson, G. (2010). Imagination in mind: Educating for ecological literacy. Seminar Series Paper 198 (September 2010). Melbourne: Centre for Strategic Education.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Judson, G. (2006). Appendix. In K. Egan, Teaching literacy: Engaging the imaginations of new readers and writers. (pp. 117-136). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Publishing.

Conference Presentations

Non Satis Scire: To Know Is Not Enough (Annual General Meeting of the American Educational Research Association), Vancouver, B.C., April 2012, Paper Session: Learning in Depth.

Winkler School District, Winkler, Manitoba, February 24, 2012. Workshop: Developing Minds and Imaginations: An Introduction to Imaginative Education.

Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, B.C., January 2012. Workshop: Developing Minds and Imaginations: An Introduction to Imaginative Education.

Fraser International College, Professional Development Conference, Burnaby, B.C., December, 2011. Workshop: Developing Minds and Imaginations: An Introduction to Imaginative Education.

Manitoba Association of School Superintendents Conference: Re-imagining Schools From The Ground Up. Gimli, Manitoba, November 2011. Workshops (2): Engaging The Imaginations and Emotions of Students in Learning; Engaging Students’ Imaginations in their World: A New Approach to Ecological Education.

Burnaby School District ProD Day Conference, Burnaby, B.C., February 2011. Workshop: Engaging the Imagination in Science Education: A Cognitive Tools Approach to Teaching.

Odyssey (Langley School District Conference), Langley, B.C., February 2011. Workshops: Engaging Students’ Imaginations in Learning: Primary/Elementary Focus & Engaging Students’ Imaginations in Learning: Late Elementary through Secondary School.

4th Annual Pedagogical Practices Conference: Communities, Schools, and Classrooms, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., February 2011, Workshop: Imaginative Ecological Education.

Engaging Hearts, Minds and the Imagination (Burnaby School District Conference), Burnaby, B.C., November 2010, Workshop: Engaging Hearts, Minds, and the Imagination: Imaginative Education.

Diversity, Sustainability, And Environment: Exploring Cultural And Practical Diversity For Environmental Learning (The Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication [EECOM] Annual National Conference), Burnaby, B.C., May, 2010, Poster Session: An Imaginative and Ecological Approach to Teaching.

Creative Connections (Coquitlam School District Conference), Coquitlam, B.C., February 2010, Workshop: Imaginative Education and Developing Creativity.

Tapestry 2010 (Greater Victoria and Sooke Teachers’ Associations Conference), Victoria, B.C., February 2010, Workshop: Developing Students’ Minds and Imaginations.

Imagination: The Source of Creativity and Invention (7th International Conference on Imagination and Education). Vancouver, B.C., July 2009, Paper Session: Imaginative Ecological Education.

Imagination: The Source of Creativity and Invention (7th International Conference on Imagination and Education). Vancouver, B.C., July 2009, Workshop: Learning in Depth (LiD).

Disciplined Inquiry: Education Research in the Circle of Knowledge (Annual General Meeting of the American Educational Research Association), San Diego, California, April 2009, Paper Session: An Imaginative and Ecological Approach to Teaching: A Framework and Rationale for Imaginative Ecological Education.

Imagine! (Delta School District Conference), Delta, B.C., February 2009, Workshop: Imaginative Education.

22nd Annual International Congress of School Effectiveness and Improvement, Vancouver, B.C., January 2009, Workshop: Introducing Imaginative Education.

1st Summer Institute on Imaginative Education: Achieving Educational Goals With Imagination, Vancouver, B.C., July 2008, Workshop: What is Imaginative Education?

1st Summer Institute on Imaginative Education: Achieving Educational Goals With Imagination, Vancouver, B.C., July 2008, Workshop: Imaginative Ecological Education.

University of Western Washington, Washington, U.S.A., February 2007, Panel Presentation: Imaginative Education.

Fourth International Conference on Imagination and Education, Vancouver, B.C., July 2006, Workshop: In Search of the Ecological Imagination.

Education Research in the Public Interest (Annual General Meeting of the American Educational Research Association), San Francisco, California, April 2006, Panel Presentation: Imaginative and Emotional Engagement in Learning.

Teacher Development: The Key to Education in the 21st Century, Vancouver, B.C., March 2006, Feature Presentation: The Centrality of Imagination in Educating.

The Annual Conference of the Western Canadian Association For Student Teaching, Vancouver, B.C., February 2006, Workshop: The Language of Imagination in Teaching and Learning.

Third International Education Without Borders Conference, Vancouver, B.C., October 2005, Book Presentation: Teaching Literacy A New Way.

Fourth International Conference on Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education, Victoria, B.C., August 2005, Paper Presentation: Educating For Ecological Consciousness: Attending to Ecological Relation in the Imaginative Classroom.

Third International Conference on Imagination and Education, Vancouver, B.C., July 2005, Roundtable Presentation: Educating for Eco-Literacy: Attending to Ecological Relation in the Imaginative Classroom.

Ministry of Education Research Symposium, August 2002, Poster Presentation: A Place to Be.

Graduate Student Supervision

Graduate Student Advisor, Bank Street College of Education, New York, 2008- 2010.
Last Updated:
April 10, 2012

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