Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change
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"Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change" is a collection of philosophical essays by Maxine Greene that explores how imagination, the arts, and critical reflection can transform education and foster a more just and democratic society.
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| Releasing the Imagination | 1 |
| Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change Context triple: [Maxine Greene, notableWork, Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change]
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Pedagogy of Hope
Pedagogy of Hope is a reflective work by Brazilian educator Paulo Freire in which he revisits and expands on the ideas of his seminal book Pedagogy of the Oppressed, emphasizing the role of hope in critical pedagogy and social transformation.
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Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope
Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope is a collection of essays by bell hooks that explores progressive, engaged, and transformative approaches to education grounded in social justice and critical pedagogy.
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Pedagogy of the Oppressed is Paulo Freire’s influential work of critical pedagogy that examines the relationship between education, power, and liberation for marginalized populations.
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The Paideia Proposal
The Paideia Proposal is an educational manifesto by philosopher Mortimer J. Adler advocating a rigorous, liberal arts–centered curriculum for all students in a democratic society.
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Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed
"Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed" is a book by psychologist Howard Gardner that reinterprets the classic virtues of truth, beauty, and goodness for contemporary education and culture in the digital age.
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Target entity: Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change Target entity description: "Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change" is a collection of philosophical essays by Maxine Greene that explores how imagination, the arts, and critical reflection can transform education and foster a more just and democratic society.
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A.
Pedagogy of Hope
Pedagogy of Hope is a reflective work by Brazilian educator Paulo Freire in which he revisits and expands on the ideas of his seminal book Pedagogy of the Oppressed, emphasizing the role of hope in critical pedagogy and social transformation.
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B.
Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope
Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope is a collection of essays by bell hooks that explores progressive, engaged, and transformative approaches to education grounded in social justice and critical pedagogy.
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C.
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Pedagogy of the Oppressed is Paulo Freire’s influential work of critical pedagogy that examines the relationship between education, power, and liberation for marginalized populations.
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D.
The Paideia Proposal
The Paideia Proposal is an educational manifesto by philosopher Mortimer J. Adler advocating a rigorous, liberal arts–centered curriculum for all students in a democratic society.
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E.
Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed
"Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed" is a book by psychologist Howard Gardner that reinterprets the classic virtues of truth, beauty, and goodness for contemporary education and culture in the digital age.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ |
| advocates |
arts as central to education
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curricula that foster critical consciousness ⓘ teachers as transformative intellectuals ⓘ |
| author | Maxine Greene ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| educationalLevel | higher education ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
critique of technocratic schooling
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education for democratic life ⓘ role of imagination in learning ⓘ transformative potential of the arts ⓘ |
| genre |
aesthetics
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educational theory ⓘ philosophy of education ⓘ |
| hasPart |
essays on aesthetic experience
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essays on democratic schooling ⓘ essays on social justice in education ⓘ philosophical essays ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary arts education theory
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critical pedagogy discourse ⓘ teacher identity scholarship ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
aesthetic education
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arts in education ⓘ critical pedagogy ⓘ critical reflection ⓘ democracy in education ⓘ education ⓘ freedom ⓘ imagination ⓘ pluralism ⓘ social change ⓘ social justice ⓘ student agency ⓘ teacher agency ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
American pragmatism
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existentialism ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ |
| publisher | Jossey-Bass ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
John Dewey's aesthetics
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Paulo Freire's critical pedagogy ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
arts practitioners in schools
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education researchers ⓘ educators ⓘ |
| usedIn |
arts education courses
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curriculum studies courses ⓘ teacher education programs ⓘ |
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Maxine Greene
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notableWork
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Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change
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Variations on a Blue Guitar: The Lincoln Center Institute Lectures on Aesthetic Education
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relatedWork
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Releasing the Imagination
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linked to: Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change