Existential encounters for teachers. Teacher as stranger: Educational philosophy for the modern age. Landscapes of learning. New York: Teachers College Press. The dialectic of freedom. Greene has authored six books. Greene has been at the forefront of educational philosophy for well over half a century. For more information, visit Maxine Greene's Website. To learn more about Maxine Greene from her family and friends, visit her Reflections.
To view photographs from Maxine Greene's personal collection, visit her Photo Gallery. Visit the video below to watch a short overview of the interview with Maxine Greene. Your legacy will live on eternally in generation after generation of teachers who dare to be bold. I was so happy to consider you a friend. Your humble generosity invited so many into your circle and gave us all a special and honored place.
Thank you for giving voice to my dissertation, my time as an Assistant Professor at TC and for all my teaching. You will be forever missed but kept alive and vital by all of us. I am grateful to have had it. Appreciatively, I look forward to the many ways her legacy will live on. Maxine was a life force in everything she did. There was absolutely nobody like her.
She was one of a kind. At my graduation from TC, she seemed to be standing at every corner as the procession marched through; her presence was everywhere. I have visited with her from time to time over the years and I always come away feeling fortunate and lucky to have spent that time with her. I already miss her deeply. Maxine, if I could talk to you right now, I would tell you that your wide-awakeness and vitality will live on always and I would thank you for all you have given and for all you have given me.
Cohen, Ed. I was so lucky to have met her. We discussed education, the arts, how hard it was to be a teacher. We talked about loss, hers and mine. I attended her educational salons at her apartment.
Her lectures were open doors on the possible, to what could be possible. Shocked, I declined because I knew she needed someone more qualified She was an educator's educator. I think of her often, still. What an amazing spirit. I will continue to be inspired by her - as I believe she would want us to be - and search for what is still possible. I like to think that Maxine's courses were transformative experience for all of us as I know they were for me.
Less that two weeks ago I was speaking to a group of aspiring teachers at the liberal arts college my daughter attends. The greatest gift I gave them during our time together was an introduction to Maxine and a promise from them to read and listen to her canon of work. Maxine, you are the North Star and will continue to awaken and inspire the multitudes for generations. I am in your debt and honor your legacy. Something magical happened in that class: I would sit and listen to her musings on Hawthorne and Thoreau and jot down ideas for novels of my own.
Why I was moved to write creatively wasn't clear; there was just something in the way her words engaged me. Ten years later, my first novel is being published. Thank you, Maxine, for inspiring my creativity and my career. I will never forget you. For the Brooklyn in her, I loved to hear her say "bottles. For the breadth of knowledge and the compassionate sensibilities, I was her student. For the kindnesses of her daughter, I was a link.
Her office, her apartment, her grand soul was the salon that we all attended. I will always be able to hear your voice and see your smile. Thank you for all you have given me. Greene was one of those people. I treasure my memories of her course and the discussions we had. She truly made my experience at TC very special.
Thank you Dr. Greene for sharing you knowledge and ideas with us all. I spent a semester sharing a desk with her in the fall of while her office was being refurbished. I remember her sage conversations fondly. The achievements of all her students, colleagues, and friends are Professor Greene's humanitarian legacy.
She is with us always in heart, mind, and spirit. Greene, I'll never forget eating pasta and discussing Madame Bouvary at a salon in your apt overlooking the park. I recall being incredibly caught up with being in your presence and all the ambiance. And, you stopped my daydream and told me that you thought I was a much better orator than writer.
You thought I needed to spend more time on expressing my ideas and still find ways to use my voice. I took your wisdom to heart and I'm all the better for it. Thank you! I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to learn from her way back in the late 80s. My deepest condolences to her family.
Carmona '91 Maxine Greene, you were the highlight of my experience at TC. You confirmed my belief in the importance of imagination in surviving and thriving: "to see beyond necessities and imagine the possibilities". During my time at TC in the late 's-early 's she dominated and inspired my colleagues leading us to exploration and innovation. Mae Sakharov Ed.
D She was a powerful, centered presence. She never lost the fiery determination or the deep commitment to humanity that she had honed in the her early years as a radical thinker.
Her death is both a deep loss and a time to reflect on the importance and power of academic life. I took Maxine's course focusing on modernism, literature, and education; and through many office-hour chats thought she was selfless, dedicated to student growth, brilliant, and charismatic.
Lawson III, Esq. As a student at TC during the tumultuous spring of , I remember that Maxine was a calming force, encouraging us to live in our highest integrity. I'm imagining her and Maya Angelou sharing poetry together, in a place beyond our understanding. She always seemed to stand for the right things in the right way -- always thoughtful, never hectoring. She helped countless colleagues and students and cannot be replaced. I was one of the luckiest to chat with you in your house, thanks to your TA and Academic Computing for introducing me to you.
You are alive with your work. Peace to the soul! It's there to remind me why I work at a museum in the first place. I am so grateful to have been your student. I came to recognize that force as Professor Maxine Greene. She has and will always be an inspiration to many. I feel very fortunate to have known her, and learned from her. MA '96 In the late s when I was a graduate student at TC, one of my professors suggested that I attend one of Maxine Greene's lectures that he thought was relevant to an aspect of my dissertation project.
It not only was relevant but but it so stimulated my thinking that I redesigned that component of my project. I never took a course with Dr. Green but attended a number of her lectures thereafter and read a good bit of her writing. She had the rare ability of altering the perspective of others so that one looks differently at the world thereafter.
Although it sounds trite today, at the time where were very few women who were among the nation's leading philosophical thinkers, and many people frequently commented on how readily and easily she held her own and often intellectually bettered many of her male colleagues.
Her intellect, demeanor, and style were modeled by male and female students alike at a time when most people did not really believe that women could function at the loftiest of intellectual levels. As the same time she was a very nice person who was helpful to all who sought it.
I am sure that there are many thousands of people whose professional and personal lives were enhanced by Professor Green. And from those thousands, hundreds of thousands more have been positively affected as a result of her thinking being translated to action by so many students.
While she will be missed by those closest to her, she is indelibly imprinted an so many including those who never knew her name. One of our Ph. She was so welcoming and brilliant, and ireplaceable. One memory--I always use Maxine's words, "You can't become what you can't imagine.
In true existentialist fashion she said, "I don't think I believe that any more. I loved every minute of that course, the name of which I would have to look up on my transcript. But she taught me how to read "between the lines" and to look for the backstory in everything you read.
I've never forgotten her lectures and somewhere among my files are my notes in a blue TC spiral notebook. I too am grateful and thrilled to have been touched by her teaching and her life. I am so thankful for the opportunity to study with you. Your memory will be a blessing for all of us. It was a special delight to meet her for lunch on a recurring basis at one of her favorite spots, Demarchelier's on E. This was not long after I had joined the College's faculty, and I felt like I was getting a true intellectual's introduction to New York City.
I remain moved that the Scholarship that bears her name has, since that time, gone to support this generation's scholars in philosophy and education. She lives in more ways than one. I had the great privilege of taking a course at TC with Maxine in With a weak foundation in the liberal arts I had been a chemistry major in college , I was immersed in her free-flowing and well-integrated critique and appreciation of everything from Greek philosophy, to American colonial music, to the evolution of social work and the visual arts, all while weaving in the latest films and what was on Charlie Rose last night.
As a returning student I was near 47 yrs of age when I entered TC , I was encouraged by her openness about her own journey to scholarly pursuits in mid-life. One additional thought. You have taught us well. Through the power of her writing she will continue to be a lifeline for educators for believing in the art of possibility, wide-awakeness, civility, courage and hope. Very grateful to have been in her class 'across the park'. Sadik, Ed. D, My wonderful teacher. I will miss but always remember.
Greene sitting in the cafeteria, sometimes by herself, with a student or colleague. She never seemed to have pretense. It didn't matter where she connected with others, what mattered were that connections were made. Greene allowed me to sit in her class aesthetics class that was fully enrolled with students.
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