The imagination circle is a 10-year project, hosted by AIME and #LearningPlanet, bringing together circles of educators and changemakers to centre imagination in the global education journey. It’s an emergent research project led by practitioners and experts in the field.
Quarterly, members of the imagination circle engage in a circle hosted by AIME’s IMAGI-NATION {Labs} TV platform. The episode is then published alongside submissions from the members.
Over 10 years 40 circles will take place.
The Circle brings together people exploring and testing imagination programmes, workshops and curriculums inside formal and informal education systems.
The goal of the Circle over the next 10 years is to showcase imagination practice in the transformation of education, understand the impact of imagination in classrooms, and build a global knowledge base of imagination in pedagogy.
1. Stories: Join our IMAGI-NATION {TV} specials to showcase imagination practice in the transformation of education
Quarterly gathering of Imagination Circle live on YouTube looking at how people in a variety of learning spaces are building parameters that allow imagination to flourish and showcasing the power of imagination as a tool to transform education.
2. Learning: Meet fellow practitioners to build a global knowledge base of imagination and pedagogy
Monthly Imagination Circle co-working sessions where leading practitioners pool knowledge, experience and resources on imagination for transforming education:
Bringing ideas or actions around imagination pedagogy, imagination resources they find valuable, imagination practices they would like to see in learning spaces
Sharing thoughts, questions, ideas, resources as contributions to building our knowledge base and co-creating the life and work of the Circle.
3. Research: Understanding the impact of imagination in classrooms
The Circle will be partnering with the ‘Sparking imagination research project’, led by the University of Sydney, which aims to build an imagination pedagogy framework for Australian schools. It will look at Indigenous cultural imagination practices and how they can inform design of an Imagination Education Pedagogic Framework for schools in Australia and further afield.
6. Imagination Circle spotlight: In Defense of a Place Called School In March 2020, when schools had closed in most countries and people everywhere were searching for new ways to live, learn and work together in a world locked down by a global pandemic,Morna McNultystarted asking her students to reimagine school. Morna is an arts…
Friends, Did you know 98% of 4-5 year olds have a genius level imagination? This is what a NASA study found several years ago. If you’ve watched this George Land TEDx talk, you’ll have seen that the study also showed that by the time they’re 10 years old, just 30% of children are still at that level…
Imagination is the beginning of human thought and action; action drives change. We want to see imagination in action to transform education, and we’re inviting you to be part of the change. Join this series of Imagination TV sessions hosted specially for the LearningPlanet Festival, to hear from communities around the world using imagination to…
Imagination is the beginning of human thought and action; action drives change. We want to see imagination in action to transform education, and we’re inviting you to be part of the change. Join this series of Imagination TV sessions hosted specially for the LearningPlanet Festival, to hear from communities around the world using imagination to…
Imagination is the beginning of human thought and action; action drives change. We want to see imagination in action to transform education, and we’re inviting you to be part of the change. Discover this series of Imagination TV sessions hosted specially for the LearningPlanet Festival by AIME and LearningPlanet, to hear from communities around the…
On Thursday 27 November, live on IMAGI-NATION {TV}, AIME and #LearningPlanet hosted a 90-minute round-the-world special following the close of COP 27. In this time of climate crisis, space needs to be carved for imagination. This Imagination TV session will bring together leaders tackling the climate crisis with imagination. Whether leading new campaigns for climate action, flipping classroom curriculum,…
Ever had a new thought or idea pop into your mind and wondered, “Where did that come from?”…Probably from your imagination. Imagination is the beginning of human thought and action; action drives change. We want to see imagination in action to transform education, and we’re inviting you to be part of the change! Discover the…
Friends, One day in 2020, artist and filmmaker Andrew Amondson dropped into a conference session where Dr Penny Hay, researcher into creative pedagogies, asked everyone to draw themselves as a tree – “What if you could plant a tree that would save the world… and what if that tree is you?”. Something went click, connected, and they’ve been working together…
Plenty has happened since our last update in November and there’s plenty on the horizon. Here’s a quick view: 1. Save the date: Next co-working session – Thursday 8 March Our next co-working session is set for Thursday 8 March. Focus areas: building knowledge around imagination practice in our education systems, populating an imagination resource base, designing…
The imagination project is a 10 year project, hosted by AIME and #LearningPlanet, bringing together circles of educators and changemakers to centre imagination in the global education journey. It’s an emergent research project led by practitioners and experts in the field. Quarterly, members of the imagination project engage in a circle hosted by AIME’s IMAGI-NATION…
Following the Uluru Statement From The Heart, in 2019, a group of young Indigenous people have gathered in East Arnhem Land for the Youth Forum at Garma Festival (hosted by the Yothu Yindi Foundation). The forum was facilitated by AIME and resulted in a declaration for the Prime Minister and Education Minister’s across Australia – The Imagination Declaration. This message was read…
