Weaving Imagination into an Academic Framework: Attitudes, Assignments, and Assessments

Autor/in	Miller, Jeanetta
Titel	Weaving Imagination into an Academic Framework: Attitudes, Assignments, and Assessments
Quelle	In: English Journal, 99 (2009) 2, S.67-73 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-8274
Schlagwörter	Imagination; High Schools; Assignments; Writing (Composition); Student Projects; Teaching Methods; Student Surveys; Student Attitudes; Student Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Assignment; Auftrag; Zuweisung; Schreibübung; Schulprojekt; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schülerbefragung; Schülerverhalten; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung
Abstract	The author believes that imagination is alive in the high school classroom, but it is pale and sickly, suffering from a long decline in which teachers have confined it to its most decorous forms of expression--inference and interpretation--and become ambiguous about whether or not it is truly welcome. To rouse imagination in the high school classroom, teachers need to convince students that they have the time and energy to engage imaginatively in the work they do for the teachers. In this article, the author recommends two major writing projects that have helped expand students' imaginations. The "Proteus Project" and Occasional Papers give the students the time and impetus to synthesize, innovate, and lead--important skills that require careful assessment. (Contains 4 figures.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10