Volume 5, Number 1 (2010) Art, Social Imagination, and Democratic Education

A SPECIAL ISSUE DEDICATED TO MAXINE GREENE

EDITOR'S PREVIEW AND GUIDE TO THIS ISSUE

WATCH AN EXCERPT FROM "EXCLUSIONS AND AWAKENINGS: THE LIFE OF MAXINE GREENE." HANCOCK PRODUCTIONS, DVD, 2001

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In addition to the articles in response to the controversy, this issue also has three special sections.  All are related to Maxine Greene in special ways.

PREVIEW AND SUPPLEMENT TO SPECIAL SECTION 1 ON NARRATIVES ON CHILDREN'S LIVES

Universal Power to Create (A Slide Show)
Susan Donnelly
Whatcom Day Academy
Chas Hoppe: In this slideshow presentation, Whatcom Day Academy instructor Susan Donnelly analyses the artwork of a former Prospect Center student, nicknamed “Iris.” By tracing motifs found consistently in Iris’s art over the course of several years, we are able to gain insight into children’s imaginative communities, their values, and their dreams.

PREVIEW OF SPECIAL SECTION 2: CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION WITH MAXINE GREENE:  REFLECTIONS ENGENDERED BY HER LIFE AND WORK

 

PREVIEW OF SPECIAL SECTION 3 ON PAPERS FROM THE 2007 AESA CONFERENCE IN CELEBRATION OF MAXINE GREENE’S 90th BIRTHDAY

Introduction by James M. Giarelli

In October 2007, Susan Fransoza, Wendy Kohli, and Moredachai Gordon organized a special session at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association in Cleveland entitled: Imaging the Future of Educational Studies: A Commemoration of the Work and 90th Birthday of Maxine Greene. I was honored to be invited to join my colleagues, Michelle Fine, Mary Bushnell Greiner, and James Palermo on this panel where we shared our unique perspectives on Maxine Greene’s work, as well as our shared admiration and love for her as our friend and teacher. The four of us, and the standing room only gathering at the session, were also treated to the special joy of Maxine’s company and response to our presentations. As always, she both embraced us as fellow travelers, while honoring us with careful, yet critical comments. And through this, we all learned once more what it means to be present in the dialectic of freedom and community.

I am grateful to Lorraine Kasprisin for inviting me to assemble the presentations from that special session for inclusion in the special issue of the Journal of Educational Controversy dedicated to Maxine Greene. Thanks to my fellow panel members for their participation, to Wendy, Susan, and Moredachai for the good work of getting the whole project started, to Fairfield University for its support, and, of course, to Maxine for inspiring and educating us all.

Photo taken at the 2007 AESA Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. Special Session: Imaging the Future of Educational Studies: A Commemoration of the Work and 90th Birthday of Maxine Green.
Clockwise from the left: Mary Bushnell Greiner, Michelle Fine, Wendy Kohli, James Palermo, Mordechai Gordon, Susan Franzosa, Jim Giarelli, and Maxine Greene.