This paper presents four major features of L. S. Vygotsky's theory of creative imagination. The first feature discussed is that imagination is the internalization of children's play. It is explained that the development of imagination parallels the development of speech which originates in the child's social dialogue with adults, passes through an…

Outdoor education facilitates the use of both cerebral hemispheres. The right side, which is often ignored in traditional education, is the location of intuitive, imaginative, and metaphoric thinking and can be used in conjunction with the left side, the base of logical and analytic thought. (CJ)

Training teachers as artists will develop an understanding of their own cognitive style and a trust in personal intuition. The art student imitates the masters, learns from peers, and develops by experimentation and subjective assessments. Teachers and art students both learn by becoming committed to their work. (JD)