Malcolm Gladwell, the author of The Tipping Point,
suggests that our public schools would benefit from a spirit of innovation rather than one of regimentation.Those of us who have been hanging around public education for more than, say, 15 years may remember a time when words like
creativity and imagination were an important part of our conversations about curriculum design, teaching, learning,
and lesson planning.
While the expression is typically associated with repressive desire, Henrot employs it to
suggest how
imagination,
creativity and fantasy can offer hope
and the possibility for change.