Maxine Greene
| Maxine Greene | |
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| Born | December 23, 1917 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | May 29, 2014 (aged 96) Manhattan, New York |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Continental Philosophy |
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Main interests
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Philosophy of Education Political Philosophy Social Justice |
Sarah Maxine Greene (née Meyer; December 23, 1917 – May 29, 2014) was an American educational philosopher, author, social activist, and teacher.
American educational philosopher, author, social activist and teacher who valued experiential learning in its "entirety", Maxine Greene influenced thousands of educators to bring the vitality of the arts to teachers and children. For Greene, art provided a conduit to meaning-making, a way of making sense of the world.
Greene graduated from the Berkeley Institute in 1934, earned a B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University in 1938, and earned her PhD. (1955) and M.A. (1949) from New York University. She taught at New York University, Montclair State College and Brooklyn College. In 1965, she joined the faculty at Teachers College, Columbia University.
In 1973 she was one of the signers of the Humanist Manifesto II. As Philosopher-in-Residence of Lincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education from 1976 to 2012, Greene conducted workshops (especially in literature as art) and lectures at LCI's summer sessions.
In 2003, she founded the Maxine Greene Foundation for Social Imagination, the Arts, and Education. The foundation supports the creation and appreciation of works that embody fresh social visions. Its goal is "to generate inquiry, imagination and the creation of art works by diverse people." Grants of up to $10,000 are awarded to educators and artists.
In 2005, she inspired the creation for the High School of Arts, Imagination and Inquiry in association with LCI and New Visions for Public Schools. The school encourages students to expand their imaginative capacities in the arts and other subject areas.
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