Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change
Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000
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Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2000240
Book • Nonfiction
2000
Adult
18+ years
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In Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change, Maxine Greene explores how artistic engagement enhances educational experiences and fosters social transformation. The text underscores the impact of imagination in nurturing individuals' creative potential and encourages educators to integrate the arts into curricula, promoting personal growth and social awareness.
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Maxine Greene's Releasing the Imagination receives praise for its insightful exploration of education's transformative power through the arts. Readers appreciate Greene's deep philosophical approach and accessible writing, though some find it densely theoretical. Overall, it's valued for its inspirational vision of education's role in fostering social change.
Who Should Read Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change?
An ideal reader for Maxine Greene's Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change is an educator or thinker interested in the transformative power of arts in education. Comparable titles include John Dewey's Art as Experience and Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
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