Educating the Imagination Essays and Ideas for Teachers and Writers

The 72 informal essays in the two volumes of Educating the Imagination were selected from the very best articles in Teachers & Writers magazine over the past 17 years. Fifty-five creative writers present a multitude of ideas and techniques for writing in the classroom: poetry; fiction; plays; folklore; history; science; translation and writing across cultures; bookmaking; parodies; the importance of stories; practical aesthetics; creative reading; the history of punctuation; memories of high school English teachers; and that great, alluring mystery known as the imagination. Educating the Imagination is the perfect first book to have for a library on the teaching of imaginative writing, as well as an inspiring reference for the veteran writing teacher.Edgar, Christopher is the author of 'Educating the Imagination Essays and Ideas for Teachers and Writers', published 1994 under ISBN 9780915924431 and ISBN 0915924439.