The Power of Imagination Concordia Language Villages March 25, 2014
Donna L. Clementi, Presenter
It is the true magic carpet.
Whole
Brain
Learning
Walk
Through
the Door
into a
Different
World
COURAGE
Cultural Contexts
One-dimensional thinking is to know
something. Three dimensional
thinking is to know something and
be able to apply it in context under
conditions that reflect real life. ---
Wm Spady
Cultural Identification
Location Contexts
Situational
Information-giving
Telling stories…..people, places, times, traditions…..
Rhymes and Rhythms
Play
• “The adventures of….”
Images
Active Participation
Reason sets goals, but imagination and
emotion generate the passion needed to act
upon the goals. Without imagination, there
would be no language. (Egan, 1992)