2017/18

What is imagination? What different forms can it take? Can we measure it? Assess it? When and how do you use your imagination? Do different disciplines engage and treat imagination differently? Is imagination important in academic studies, the working world, or life? What would it be like to not have an imagination? How could you get others to manifest their imaginative and creative thinking?

This module is designed to enable you to make connections between the 'imaginative' thinking and practice deployed within your own and other disciplines and to autonomously explore and develop your own theory of applied imagination. By engaging in inter- and transdisciplinary learning, the module will:

• Support you in developing a theoretical understanding of imagination and imaginative thinking;
• Explore the relationship between imagination and creativity;
• Enable you to articulate and reflect upon your own imaginative practices and those of others;
• Consider what the role of the imagination is within learning and knowledge;
• Give you the chance to apply what you learn in a practical way and devise the form your assessment will take;
• Invite you to explore how what you have learned might be applied beyond the classroom and university life.