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“For me, the child is a veritable image of becoming, of possibility, poised to reach towards what is not yet, towards a growing that cannot be predetermined or prescribed. I see her and I fill the space with others like her, risking, straining, wanting to find out, to ask their own questions, to experience a world that is shared.”

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Maxine Greene was a prominent American philosopher and educator renowned for her contributions to aesthetic education and critical pedagogy. She was a key figure in the philosophy of education and her theories have had a substantial influence on educational approaches in the United States and internationally. more

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