In this stimulating book, Kieran Egan discusses what imagination really means for children, providing sample lesson plans to show teachers how to encourage effective learning through stimulating pupils' imagination.

Chapter 1 A Very Short History of Imagination; Chapter 2 Why Is Imagination Important to Education?; Chapter 3 Characteristics of Students' Imaginative Lives, Ages 8-15; Chapter 4; Chapter 5 Image and Concept; Chapter 6 Some Further Examples;