Fostering Imagination in Higher Education

Investigating the role of imagination in teaching and learning in non-arts disciplines, this book shows that a lack of clarity about what imagination in higher education looks like impedes teachers fostering their students' creativity. It explores successful strategies educators can use to encourage their students' imagination.

Joy Whitton is an academic developer at Monash University in Australia. Her research interests include imagination, cognition and their interplay with tools/artefacts and practices, and professional learning.

Dedication List of Figures and Tables Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Theoretical Framework on Imagination Chapter 3. Theoretical Linking of Imagination with Cognition and Learning Theory Chapter 4. Defining and Practising Creativity Chapter 5. Honours Quantum Physics: Constituting Understanding by Combining Mindtools Chapter 6. First Year Medieval History Ethnography: Mastering the Rules of Technique - The Conditions for Imaginative Creation Chapter 7. Finance Ethnography Chapter 8. Pharmaceutical Science Ethnography Chapter 9. Conclusion