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Maxine Greene

Self Identity & Influences

Voki & Teacher's Role

Background

  • Believes in a pluralistic democratic theory that moves beyond liberal democracy
  • Pluralistic democracy
  • Strongly believes in helping people further their imaginations
  • Influenced by Deweys concept of democracy
  • In Teacher as Stranger, she used concepts from Aristotle and Plato on her idea of human nature
  • Those who have learned the importance of becoming reflective enough to think about their own thinking and become conscious of their own consciousness should be allowed to teach
  • Introduce works of literature and art into education to develop conscious concern
  • Not necessary for everyone to be knowledgeable in math & science, crucial for everyone to contemplate who we are as individuals and as members of a culture
  • Born in New York City in 1916
  • Received honorary degrees in Humanities
  • Received her doctorate in education at New York University in 1955
  • Started to teach at Montclair State College, Brooklyn College, and New York University.
  • 1965 she established herself as the lone female voice in a male-dominated faculty at Columbia University and Teachers College. All her colleagues found her “too literary.”
  • Founded the Maxine Greene Foundation for Social Imagination, the Arts, and Education in 2003
  • http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=9419826&height=267&width=200

Vision & Contributions

Bibliography

Greene, Maxine. "Education in the Contemporary Moment". 1-5. Web. 26 Feb. 2014.

Thayer-Bacon, Barbara. "Educational Studies: A Journal of the American Educational Studies Association." Democracies-Always-in-the-Making:Maxine Greene's Influence. 44.3 (2008): Web. 26 Feb. 2014.

Greene, Maxine. "Art and Imagination". 1-5. Web. 26 Feb. 2014.

  • Ultimate vision for education would be the incorporation of arts and sociological imagination
  • Teachers need to bring themselves to school, use their own lives, knowledge, and explorations as elements within the curriculum
  • Philosopher-in-Residence of Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education since 1976
  • In 2003, she founded the Maxine Greene Foundation for Social Imagination, the Arts, and Education
  • Past President of the American Educational Research Association Philosophy of Education Society, American Educational Studies Association and the Middle Atlantic States Philosophy of Education Society
  • Chair named after her in the Teacher’s College Trustees
  • Wrote seven books and numerous article about the importance of humanities in education

By:

Stephanie Thomson

Rachael Nigro

Willim Van Brederode

Michael Burns

Jimmy Schofield

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