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Publication Date: 2000
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A Vermont Perspective. From Factoids to Fairy Dust: Cultivating the Enlightened Imagination in an Age of High Stakes Accountability.
Kemple, Martin T.
Progressive Perspectives, v3 n1 Fall 2000
Nonlinear imagination-based thinking draws on intuition to allow insight into the unseen realms that govern everyday life. Largely abandoned by Western education in favor of materialist rationalism, this faculty is being promoted by a sustainability center in Montpelier (Vermont) that demonstrates methods of harmonizing thinking, learning, and teaching with the rhythms of the natural world. (TD)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Educational Needs, Elementary Education, Holistic Approach, Imagination, Intuition, Nonschool Educational Programs, Place Based Education, Teacher Education, World Views
Full text: http://www.uvm.edu/~dewey/monographs/envimono.html.
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Vermont
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