Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change

by Maxine Greene

Book Overview

"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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787900818
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.4" x 0.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Pedagogically provoking but also repetitive

This was a required text for a literacy studies graduate class. The context was pedagogically provoking along the threads of progressive modern education standards that are taught to budding teachers. Some repetition was present as it is a lengthy text with a primary focus and one author. My classmates and I were a bit disappointed with the lack of example and proposals for the curriculum/pedagogy changes being presented. This is a text to be read for establishing perspective not for quick tips or golden ticket ideas.

One of the most important books I've ever read

Maxine Greene defends the role of the arts as social medicine and advancement. She brilliantly argues for maintaining art in curriculum. Art often requires of us to imagine things which do not exist in reality. This excercise is vital in creating social change. In order to create a new and better world, we must first imagine it. We must encourage our children (and adults for that matter) to imagine. That's the first step and I feel society becoming less imaginative and more homogenized. PLEASE READ THIS BOOK!!! AND BUY A COPY FOR A TEACHER.