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Teaching, Learning and Imagination:
A Conference for Smith Alumnae Educators

October 16-17, 2008

Join alumnae educators and Smith College Campus School teachers for a conference that explores the work of Kieran Egan, professor, Centre for Imaginative Education, Simon Fraser University. Learn about Smith’s work and the growing understanding of imagination’s role in education and how Egan’s cognitive tools can enhance student learning.

Attend and you will:

Hear from Egan himself
Help us create an extended community of dedicated teachers
Share your ideas about teaching and being a teacher
Catch up on what is new at the Smith College Campus School
Be inspired and re-energized
Earn 10 PDP credits

Teaching, Learning and Imagination

Imagination has always been an essential quality of good teaching and good teachers. Educators have not, for the most part, thought deeply about the various forms imagination takes and how it might impact teaching and learning. Only recently have we had the tools to support deep thinking about imagination in the context of teaching and learning. The work of Kieran Egan has been a major, perhaps THE major source of ideas about the role and use of imagination in education. The Campus School has spent the last year exploring the educational potential of imagination in general, and Egan’s ideas about imaginative teaching in particular. This conference is an occasion to share our work on imaginative teaching, share where this work has led our thinking, and share the new questions it has created. We are pleased to have Kieran Egan, professor, Centre for Imaginative Education, Simon Fraser University, as a participant in our conference. We hope to foster a lively conversation with alumnae, Campus School teachers, Kieran Egan, Smith faculty, and all others attending the conference.

For more information, check out these sites:

www.educ.sfu.ca/kegan/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kieran_Egan

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNHzQxlRYy8&feature=related

Schedule Of Events

Thursday, October 16

4 p.m. Keynote Address
Kieran Egan, author, An Imaginative Approach to TeachingSweeney AuditoriumSage Hall

5:30 p.m. Alumnae Reception Alumnae House

Friday, October 17

7:45 a.m. Continental breakfast

8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Session I
Exploring Cognitive Tools in the Classroom
Presentations by Campus School teachers Response by Kieran Egan

10 – 10:30 a.m. Break

10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Session II
Exploring Cognitive Tools in the Classroom Round table discussions led by Campus School teachers

11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. Lunch and conversations
Sharing Notes from the Field Alumnae, Campus School teachers and department members

1:15 – 2 p.m. Session III
Cognitive Tools in the Classroom Round table discussions led by Campus School teachers

2 – 2:45 p.m. Session IV
Imagination, Teaching and Learning: The Bigger Picture Presentations by Campus School teachers

2:45 – 3 p.m. Break

3 – 4 p.m. Session V
Where Do We Go From Here?: A Broader Perspective on the Role of Imagination in Education
Kieran Egan

Overnight Accommodations

Overnight accommodations are available at local hotels. A limited number of rooms are on hold at:

Hampton Inn
24 Bay Road
Hadley, MA 01035
413-586-4851

To make reservations and receive the special rate ($79 for Thursday night; $159 for Friday night), call 413-586-4851 by September 1, 2008.

Quality Suites
117 Conz Street
Northampton, MA 01060
413-586-1500

To make reservations and receive the special rate ($59 for Thursday night; $150 for Friday night) call 413-586-1500 by September 4, 2008.

A list of other local accommodations is available at http://www.smith.edu

Program Fee

The fee includes program activities, meals, and receptions as listed in the schedule.

Alumnae Fee – $75

Students attend by invitation as guests of the college

For information, contact Chris Barbuto at the Department of Education and Child Study at Smith College, 413-585-3252

Registration

Alumnae who would like to pay by credit card you register securely online at: https://alumnae.smith.edu/csconference/

Other conference attendees may register online, but will need to pay by a check made out to Smith College mailed to the attention of Chris Barbuto at the Department of Education and Child Studies.

Department of Education and Child Study
Smith College
Morgan Hall
Northampton, MA  01063

Teaching, Learning and Imagination – October 16-17, 2008

Checks should be made out to: Smith College

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Egan Conference

Teaching, Learning and Imagination

Schedule of Events

Overnight Accommodations

Program Fee

Registration