Releasing the imagination: essays on education, the arts.
Book Review of Maxine Greene's Lectures encompassed in her Variations on a Blue Guitar. The paper that follows is an overview of the style, content, and core philosophy of one of the seminal works on arts education during the 1980's by one of the seminal educational theorists of the late 20th century, Maxine Greene. This review of Variations on.
As I mentioned previously, Maxine Greene is my Education Hero. She wrote a book called Releasing the Imagination: Essays on education, the arts and social change, which changed my worldview. In her book Greene charges all educators to ask themselves and their students: what else is possible? I use that as my mantra and I think you can go.
In summary, Maxine Greene argues for a curriculum that is expanding and deepening, that provides multiple options in seeing the world through literature, images, and music. This type of curriculum can begin the process of releasing the imaginations of those who feel trapped in the educational and cultural confusion of our time. A vision that sees things big and celebrates the uniqueness of.
Title: Releasing the Imagination by Maxine Greene 1 Releasing the Imaginationby Maxine Greene. Hilliary Candler EDUC 440; Marissa Sexton Dr. Hamm; 2 Maxine Greene Maxine received her doctorate in education from New York University in 1955 and went on to teach at New York University, Montclair State College and Brooklyn College. Maxinegreene.org.
Greene, Maxine (2000) Releasing the Imagination: essays on education, the arts, and social change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Capitalists and Conquerors: a critical.
A Light in Dark Times features a list of extraordinary contributors who have been deeply influenced by Professor Greene’s progressive philosophies. While Maxine Greene is the focus for this collection, each chapter is an encounter with her ideas by an educator concerned with his or her own works and projects. In essence, each featured author takes off from Maxine Greene and then moves.
Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change: Maxine Greene: Strategies for Energizing Large Classes: From Small Groups to Learning Communities: MacGregor et al. Student Development in College: Theory, Research, and Practice: Evans et al. Taking Stock: Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.