GSC Canadian Fireside Chat: Re-Imagining the Future of Canadian Education, With Dr. Kieran Egan

Session Submission Type: Fireside Chat

Abstract

This fireside chat is initiated by the Canadian Committee of Graduate Students in Education (CCGSE) to explore three current issues in Canadian education that have wide relevance to the field of education locally, nationally and internationally. Dr. Kieran Egan, an esteemed scholar from Simon Fraser University, is leading this discussion. Dr. Egan will first engage participants in an examination of an alternative conception of education, and will then consider the roles of the imagination in education, paying particular attention towards methods of meaningfully engaging students’ imaginations during curriculum instruction and learning. Finally, the session considers the “Learning in Depth (LiD) program, a simple though radical, innovation in curriculum and instruction. Deep reflection on and discussion of these three key ideas will assist new scholars in considering numerous ways that we might ‘re-imagine’ Canadian educational research and apply innovative and critical teaching practices in our schools in Canada and elsewhere.

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Chairs

• Lori Ann Friesen, University of Alberta

• Danielle Beckett, Brock University

Participant

• Kieran Egan, Simon Fraser University