Releasing the Imagination

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Greene, Maxine 저자(글)

Jossey-Bass · 2000년 02월 02일

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Maxine Greene is professor of philosophy and education and the William F. Russell Professor in the Foundations of Education (Emer.) at Teachers College, Columbia University
"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. Releasing the Imagination should be required reading for all educators, particularly those in teacher education, and for general and academic readers." -Choice"Maxine Greene, with her customary eloquence, makes 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"Releasing the Imagination gives us a vivid portrait of the possibilities of human experience and education's role in its realization. It is a welcome corrective to current pressures for educational conformity." -Elliot W. Eisner, professor of education and art, Stanford University"Releasing the Imagination challenges all the cant and clich?littering the field of education today. It breaks through the routine, the frozen, the numbing, the unexamined; it shocks the reader into new awareness." -William Ayers, associate professor, College of Education, University of Illinois, Chicago
MAXINE GREENE is professor of philosophy and education and the William F. Russell Professor in the Foundations of Education (Emer.) at Teachers College, Columbia University. She still teaches there and directs the Center for Social Imagination, the Arts, and Education. She also serves as "philosopher-in-residence" at the Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education; and she is a past president of the American Educational Research Association, the American Educational Studies Association, and the Philosophy of Education Society.
Now in Paperback "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. Releasing the Imagination should be required reading for all educators, particularly those in teacher education, and for general and academic readers." --Choice "Maxine Greene, with her customary eloquence, makes 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
Now in Paperback"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. Releasing the Imagination should be required reading for all educators, particularly those in teacher education, and for general and academic readers."--Choice"Maxine Greene, with her customary eloquence, makes 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
Now in Paperback "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. Releasing the Imagination should be required reading for all educators, particularly those in teacher education, and for general and academic readers."--Choice "Maxine Greene, with her customary eloquence, makes 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
Now in Paperback "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. Releasing the Imagination should be required reading for all educators, particularly those in teacher education, and for general and academic readers." --Choice "Maxine Greene, with her customary eloquence, makes 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
"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. Releasing the Imagination should be required reading for all educators, particularly those in teacher education, and for general and academic readers." (Choice) "Maxine Greene, with her customary eloquence, makes 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) "Maxine Greene, one of the greatest education philosophers of the last half century, constantly reminds teachers that the arts and the social imagination are central to humane and caring learning.... Her work is a constant reminder that teaching is a moral profession and that children's imaginations are a treasure we can neglect only at the peril of our future." (Review in Teacher by Herbert Kohl, senior fellow, Open Society Institute, New York City) "Releasing the Imagination gives us a vivid portrait of the possibilities of human experience and education's role in its realization. It is a welcome corrective to current pressures for educational conformity." (Elliot W. Eisner, professor of education and art, Stanford University) "Releasing the Imagination challenges all the cant and cliche littering the field of education today. It breaks through the routine, the frozen, the numbing, the unexamined; it shocks the reader into new awareness." (William Ayers, associate professor, College of Education, University of Illinois, Chicago)
Introduction: Narrative in the Making. CREATING POSSIBILITIES. 1. Seeking Contexts. 2. Imagination, Breakthroughs, and the Unexpected. 3. Imagination, Community, and the School. 4. Discovering a Pedagogy. 5. Social Vision and the Dance of Life. 6. The Shapes of Childhood Recalled. ILLUMINATIONS AND EPIPHANIES. 7. The Continuing Search for Curriculum. 8. Writing to Learn. 9. Teaching for Openings. 10. Art and Imagination. 11. Texts and Margins. COMMUNITY IN THE MAKING. 12. The Passions of Pluralism. 13. Standards, Common Learnings, and Diversity. 14. Multiple Voices and Multiple Realities.
Introduction: Narrative in the Making.CREATING POSSIBILITIES.1. Seeking Contexts.2. Imagination, Breakthroughs, and the Unexpected.3. Imagination, Community, and the School.4. Discovering a Pedagogy.5. Social Vision and the Dance of Life.6. The Shapes of Childhood Recalled.ILLUMINATIONS AND EPIPHANIES.7. The Continuing Search for Curriculum.8. Writing to Learn.9. Teaching for Openings.10. Art and Imagination.11. Texts and Margins.COMMUNITY IN THE MAKING.12. The Passions of Pluralism.13. Standards, Common Learnings, and Diversity.14. Multiple Voices and Multiple Realities.
It is imagination, says Maxine Greene, that opens our eyes to worlds beyond our experience--enabling us to create, care for others, and envision social change. In Releasing the Imagination, this renowned educator and philosopher reveals the critical role of imagination in cognitive and other modes of learning.Ruminating on themes such as literacy, the arts and aesthetics, pluralism, multiculturalism, and the tensions and passions of caring, Greene carefully considers both the realities of hard economic times and the human requirement for expressiveness. She shows that, while today's economic realities require an inevitable emphasis on vocational and technical training, this focus must be counterbalanced by an emphasis on the release of the human imagination and the cultivation of new visions. Greene explains how the arts play a key role in building understanding across differences and in stimulating the capacity to break with the habitual and the taken-for-granted--counteracting the sometimes pervasive sense of futility that overwhelms many of our youth.From an account of school restructuring to a rendering of the shapes of literacy, Greene's essays examine the potential releases of imagination in a variety of contexts--in connection with the arts, and in connection with the community that, she hopes, "will some day be called democracy."
Ruminating on themes such as literacy, the arts and aesthetics, pluralism, multi-culturalism, and the tensions and passions of caring, Greene carefully considers both the realities of hard economic times and the human requirement for expressiveness. He explains how the arts play a key role in building understanding across differences and in stimulating the capacity to break with the habitual and the taken for granted--counteracting the sometimes pervasive sense of futility that overwhelms many of our youth.

작가정보

저자(글) Greene, Maxine

목차

• The Author	p. ix
  Introduction: Narrative in the Making	p. 1
  Creating Possibilities
  Seeking Contexts	p. 9
  Imagination, Breakthroughs, and the Unexpected	p. 17
  Imagination, Community, and the School	p. 32
  Discovering a Pedagogy	p. 44
  Social Vision and the Dance of Life	p. 60
  The Shapes of Childhood Recalled	p. 73
  Illuminations and Epiphanies
  The Continuing Search for Curriculum	p. 89
  Writing to Learn	p. 105
  Teaching for Openings	p. 109
  Art and Imagination	p. 122
  Texts and Margins	p. 134
  Community in the Making
  The Passions of Pluralism	p. 155
  Standards, Common Learnings, and Diversity	p. 169
  Multiple Voices and Multiple Realities	p. 185
  References	p. 199
  Index	p. 209
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기본정보

ISBN	9780787952914 ( 0787952915 )
발행(출시)일자	2000년 02월 02일
쪽수	240쪽
크기	153 * 230 * 17 mm / 281 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어