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For many years, the education of children has been a standardized procedure by which teachers implement curriculum developed by governing bodies. Occasionally, allowances are made for learning styles and learning environments, however, across this diverse country many classrooms look the same. Dr. Kieran Egan, the director of the Imaginative Education Research group founded by Dr. Egan and the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University, has theorized that there is something missing in this form of educating.
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Jamieson, B. (2017). Imagining Alberta’s First Nations. In: Cummings, J.B., Blatherwick, M.L. (eds) Creative Dimensions of Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century. Advances in Creativity and Giftedness. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-047-9_17
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