Dreams in the
Education of Young People (Campbell 1 panel)
Jean Campbell, MA, is
President-elect of IASD. As CEO of the nonprofit organization, The
iMAGE Project, she has worked with The World Dreams Peace Bridge
to create a dream program currently being used by children in
Baghdad. She is creator of The Dream Scouts International Program
and author of the first Dream Scouts Adventure Book Under the
Crystal Tree.
Kate Adams, PhD, is a
senior lecturer in Education Studies in England. Her doctorate
explored the divine dreams of a multi-faith sample of children
aged 9-12. Her other research interests include children’s
memorable dreams and how educators can use dreams in educational
settings.
Patricia Garfield, PhD, a
leading dream expert with a doctorate in clinical psychology, has
written nine books on dreams and co-founded the Association for
the Study of Dreams (President 1998-99). Her Creative Dreaming,
a bestseller in print since 1974, appears in fourteen languages.
Her work for teens, The Dream Book, won two prestigious
awards.
Sara Ridberg, MSEd,
received her MSEd from Bank Street College in New York City in
2005. While at Bank Street, she completed her Master’s thesis,
Dreamplay: The Educational Value of Children’s Dreams. She
currently teaches in a multi-age classroom of 5-, 6-, and
7-year-olds at Wildwood School in Los Angeles, California.
Valley Reed has been a
member of IASD since 2000. In 2001, she attended the Ohio Regional
Conference, where she performed and choreographed the “Crow and
the Phoenix”, based on a series of dreams she had. She facilitates
dream groups and teaches workshops on dreaming at Muse Studio in
Dallas, TX.
Jane White-Lewis, PhD,
is a Jungian psychoanalyst
living and practicing in Guildford, CT. In addition to her
analytic practice, Jane taught a dream course in an inner-city
high school for ten years and is currently developing a dream
course that will be offered at a retirement home.
Abstract
The panel “Dreams in the
Education of Young People” will present a group of IASD’s six top
educators, who will cover the utilization of dreams in work with
children from preschool age through high school. Each of the
presenters will speak for approximately 15 minutes. These
presentations will be followed by a period for questions and
answers.
In her paper, “Teaching
Creative Writing with Dreams,” Jean Campbell will discuss her
experience of using dreams as a tool for creativity in her work
with junior high and high school students. Kate Adams, PhD, whose
doctoral dissertation explored the dreams of children between the
ages of nine and twelve, will discuss the value of dreams as part
of Religious Education in “Dreams as an Effective Topic in
Religious Education. IASD co-founder. Patricia Garfield, PhD, will
explore the use of universal dream themes in work with young
people in her paper, “The Teen Version of Universal Dreams”; and
elementary school teacher. Sara Ridberg, will take a look at
“Using Dreams in the Elementary School Classroom.” Jungian
therapist, Jane White-Lewis, PhD, will discuss her ten years of
experience in dream work with inner-city young people in her
paper, “Teaching Dreams in an Inner-City High School” while dancer
and dream teacher, Valley Reed, will explain her use of dreams in
her imaginative work with children in “Dancing in the Magic Pond
of Dreams with Children”.
