Chapter three in Kieran Egan's book, Imagination in Teaching and Learning, discusses the general characteristics of the imagination that occurs in our students between ages eight and fifteen. Egan states that there are two main obstacles that bar the implementation of imaginative development in our teaching methods and curriculum: the technical and the theoretical. ... By providing narrative context into your teaching methods you can enhance the power to stimulate and develop the imaginations of your students. ... By using a different perspective than the ones our students see everyd...

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My family is big on having well-behaved dogs, as well as teaching them tricks. ... This could also or more likely fall under Shaping, because it is the process of gradually refining a response by successively reinforcing closer versions of it like teaching animals tricks or learning a new skill. ... I'll quickly think if the problem is one that I have solved in the past, and if so, I can use the same method I used then, But if that doesn't work, then I go to trail and error. This method is best used when there are a limited number of choices, but I find it best because I sometimes g...

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In order for him to set forth this theory he used Ptolemy's observations, emulated his methods and adopted the parameters of his mathematics. ... The French revolution thus portrays the influence that Descartes had on the people as is seen through how his teachings greatly changed their attitude towards oppression. ...

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