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

New identity

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)