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Jickling, Bob; Blenkinsop, Sean – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2020
The first climate change conference was held in 1979 in Geneva and sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization. Since then there have been many other initiatives and accords along the way. Each report appears to present an evermore grim picture than the previous one. Cumulatively, we have had more than enough science to know what to do, and…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Climate, Environmental Education, Teaching Methods
John-Steiner, Vera – 1985
In an attempt to find out more about how creative people engage in thinking, more than 50 men and women considered to be prominant in the humanities, the arts, and the sciences were interviewed. Letters, diaries and autobiographies of other creative individuals were examined in an effort to provide a broad base for studying the psychology of…
Descriptors: Art, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking
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Conroy, James C.; Davis, Robert A. – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2002
In this essay, the authors suggest that there is another, different and more ancient way of looking at the moral and social role of the teacher and the processes of education in which she is involved. This alternative perspective draws on older, more imaginative and complex sources of meaning than the latest Gallup poll or the latest adjusted…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Educational Change, Calculus, Educational Practices
Novak, John M. – 1987
This paper argues that just as imagination has been important for the inception and promotion of invitational education, it is also necessary for the development of inviting research strategies. Applying the educative process to the study of inviting, recommendations are made for relating the constituent parts of the inviting stance (optimism,…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Creative Thinking, Discovery Processes, Educational Attitudes