Document Type
Special Section 2
Theme
CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION WITH MAXINE GREENE: REFLECTIONS ENGENDERED BY HER LIFE AND WORK
Abstract
In teacher education, what one says about teaching is probably less important than how one addresses teachers. One of the things that make Maxine Greene's work singular and singularly important is her mode of address as a teacher educator. In her classes and her writings alike, she never forgets that she is speaking to teachers, and that in doing so she is speaking to human beings. This is not to say that others address teachers in an inhuman way. It is simply to point out that Greene reaches out to teachers, again and again, as fellow inhabitants of a set of typically human existential predicaments. Nor is this to suggest that she ignores the teacher qua teacher. To the contrary, she views teaching as a uniquely rich and important project, and personal projects are central to the ethical, existential terrain she is interested in.
Genre/Form
articles
Recommended Citation
Higgins, Chris
(2010)
"Working with Youth: In Search of the Natality of the Teacher,"
Journal of Educational Controversy: Vol. 5:
No.
1, Article 15.
Available at:
https://cedar.wwu.edu/jec/vol5/iss1/15
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Teachers--New York (State)--New York; Education--New York (State)--New York
Subjects - Names (LCNAF)
Greene, Maxine
Geographic Coverage
New York (State)--New York
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Type
Text