Imagination and Literacy: A Teacher's Search for the Heart of LearningIn her newest book, teacher researcher and bestselling author Karen Gallas investigates imagination in the classroom to understand its function in literacy learning. Using rich examples from her elementary classroom, she proposes that imagination is a central, but untapped, component of learing accross all subject areas language arts, science, social studies, and math. |
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Contents
Story Time as a Magical Act | 12 |
PART 1 | 25 |
Observing Imagination | 41 |
Building a Literate Identity | 59 |
Authoring | 98 |
PART III | 117 |
Reclaiming Renaming Reimagining the Classroom | 135 |
Entering the Rabbit Hole | 164 |
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Imagination and Literacy: A Teacher's Search for the Heart of Learning Karen Gallas Limited preview - 2003 |
Imagination and Literacy: A Teacher's Search for the Heart of Learning Karen Gallas No preview available - 2003 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Imagination and Literacy: A Teacher's Search for the Heart of Learning Practitioner inquiry series |
| Author | Karen Gallas |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Teachers College Press, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0807744050, 9780807744055 |
| Length | 181 pages |
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