September 3rd, 2010 
Admin Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change (Jossey-Bass 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
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Review by S. Eberhard for Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change (Jossey-Bass Education)
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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.
Review by Argus Human Rights for Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts, and Social Change (Jossey-Bass Education)
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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.