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Overview"Now in Paperback ""This remarkable set of essays defines the role of imagination ingeneral education, arts education, aesthetics, literature, and thesocial and multicultural context.... The author argues for schoolsto be restructured as places where students reach out for meaningsand where the previously silenced or unheard may have a voice. Sheinvites readers to develop processes to enhance and cultivate theirown visions through the application of imagination and the arts.Releasing the Imagination should be required reading for alleducators, particularly those in teacher education, and for generaland academic readers."" --Choice ""Maxine Greene, with her customary eloquence, makes an impassionedargument for using the arts as a tool for opening minds and forbreaking down the barriers to imagining the realities of worldsother than our own familiar cultures.... There is a strong rhythmto the thoughts, the arguments, and the entire sequence of essayspresented here."" --American Journal of Education" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Maxine Greene (Professor Teachers College, Columbia University in New York)Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc Imprint: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.442kg ISBN: 9780787900816ISBN 10: 0787900818 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 29 June 1995 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Quest for Meaning Part One: Creating Possibilities 1. Seeking Contexts 2. Imagination, Breakthroughs, and the Unexpected 3. Imagination, Community, and the School 4. Consciousness and the Public Space 5. Social Vision and the Dance of Life 6. The Shapes of Childhood Recalled Part Two: Imagination and Education 7. Blue Guitars and the Search for Curriculum 8. Writing to Learn 9. Teaching for Openings 10. Art and Imagination 11. Texts and Margins Part Three: Community in the Making 12. The Passions of Pluralism 13. Standards, Common Learnings, and Diversity 14. Multiple Voices and Multiple RealitiesReviewsThis remarkable set of essays defines the role of imagination in general education, arts education, aesthetics, literature, and the social and multicultural context.... The author argues for schools to be restructured as places where students reach out for meanings and where the previously silenced or unheard may have a voice. She invites readers to develop processes to enhance and cultivate their own visions through the application of imagination and the arts. Should be required reading for all educators, particularly those in teacher education, and for general and academic readers. --Choice <br> Maxine Greene, with her customary eloquence, makes here an impassioned argument for using the arts as a tool for opening minds and for breaking down the barriers to imagining the realities of worlds other than our own familiar cultures.... There is a strong rhythm to the thoughts, the arguments, and the entire sequence of essays presented here. --American Journal of Education <br> Re This remarkable set of essays defines the role of imagination in general education, arts education, aesthetics, literature, and the social and multicultural context.... The author argues for schools to be restructured as places where students reach out for meanings and where the previously silenced or unheard may have a voice. She invites readers to develop processes to enhance and cultivate their own visions through the application of imagination and the arts. Should be required reading for all educators, particularly those in teacher education, and for general and academic readers. --Choice <br> Maxine Greene, with her customary eloquence, makes here an impassioned argument for using the arts as a tool for opening minds and for breaking down the barriers to imagining the realities of worlds other than our own familiar cultures.... There is a strong rhythm to the thoughts, the arguments, and the entire sequence of essays presented here. --American Journal of Education <br> Author InformationMAXINE GREENE is professor of philosophy and education and William F. Russell Professor in the Foundations of Education (emeritus), Teachers College, Columbia University, where she is also founder of the Center for the Imagination. She teaches at the Lincoln Center for the Arts. A past president of AERA, AESA, and the Philosophy of Education Society, Greene's previous books include The Dialectic of Freedom (1988) and Landscapes of Learning (1978). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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