Maxine Greene
Professional Background
Educational Background
PhD (1955) and M.A. (1949) from New York University and a B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University (1938) in addition to nine honorary degrees from universities across the country.
Scholarly Interests
Selected Publications
Books Include
* Variations on a Blue Guitar (Teachers College Press, 2001)* Releasing the Imagination - Essays on Education, the Arts and Social Change (Jossey Bass Publishers, 1995)
* The Dialectic of Freedom (Teachers College Press, 1988)
* Landscapes of Learning (Teachers College Press, 1978)
* Teacher as Stranger: Educational Philosophy in the Modern Age (Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1973)
* Existential Encounters for Teachers (Random House, 1967)
* The Public School and the Private Vision (Random House, 1963)
Monographs include
* Active Learning and Aesthetic Encounters (Talks at the Lincoln Center Institute, NCREST, 1994)* A Teacher Talks to Teachers: Perspectives on the Lincoln Center Institute (Lincoln Center, 1980)
* Education, Freedom and Possibility (Russell Lecture, 1975)
Please visit Dr. Greene's web site for a detailed listing: http://www.maxinegreene.org/books.php
biographical information
A&HF 4092: Education and the aesthetic experience
An invitation to engage with works of art which challenge conventional ways of thinking and perceiving; consideration of the relation of art, imagination, and education.
A&HF 4900: Independent study in philosophy and education
Permission of instructor required.
A&HF 5596: Topics in educational ethics and moral philosophy
For doctoral students, especially in Philosophy and Education; master's students by permission of instructor. Topics vary but may include any of the following: the moral sources of educational aims, the nature of ideals, the ethics of teaching, moral education, and meta-ethics.
A&HF 5681: Colloquium in existentialism and education
A study of selected writings in existentialism and their implications for education.
