1. Reflection in action" (Donald Schon) is when we face ourselves honestly and in fellowship with others
2. WHAT IF are powerful words that allows us to express imagination in word and image
3. As adults we become socialised to certain norms of mutual justification
4. If we cram children with WHAT they are unready for WHAT IF
5. Nothing more basic and fundamental in good education than developing the innate ability to imagine
6. Imagination isn't a nice to have luxury in education rather it makes education relevant to everyone
7. Without imagination education is empty
   1. Too many schools focus on the measurable to the exclusion of the possible
      1. Students become good at taking tests rather than skillful learners in the world beyond school
8. Nassim Nicholas Taleb calls "black swans" the rare random events that we never plan for
9. Imagination opens up the way we try to forecast the future
10. Vitality of our economy depends upon having imagination
    1. Imagination is the greatest domestic renewable resource
    2. conventions define opportunity unless we feed our collective capacity for imagination
11. 3) Can't be taught, instilled, developed or cultivated
    1. Fear of not being imaginative in comparison to peers
       1. We fear we have a barren store of dreams, images, ideas and examples
12. 2) How Imagination Works is a Mystery
    1. we can demystify both the process of imagination and the application of imagniation
13. 1) You either have it or you don't
    1. Implies we don't have it or a fixed amount
       1. it is not fixed or static:it is completely malleable
          1. Imagination is the raw ability to conjure up a different reality
14. 3 Myths About Imagination
15. we can demystify both the process of imagination and the application of imagniation
16. Too many schools focus on the measurable to the exclusion of the possible
    1. Students become good at taking tests rather than skillful learners in the world beyond school
17. Fear of not being imaginative in comparison to peers
    1. We fear we have a barren store of dreams, images, ideas and examples
18. Imagination is the greatest domestic renewable resource
19. conventions define opportunity unless we feed our collective capacity for imagination