NY Times, Bruce Weber, June 4, 2014
Maxine Greene, a teacher and education theorist who promoted the arts as a fundamental learning tool and in nearly 50 years at Teachers College, Columbia University, became its resident Pied Piper, known for her persuasive scholarship, her vivid writing and her imbuing teaching with a spirit of endless adventure, died on May 29 at her home in Manhattan. She was 96.
“With the passing of Maxine Greene, Teachers College has lost its brilliant philosopher queen,” the president of the college, Susan Fuhrman, said in a statement.
……… She wrote:
“George Steiner has written that ‘Rembrandt altered the Western perception of shadow spaces and the weight of darkness. Since Van Gogh we notice the twist of flame in a poplar.’ We can say the same about alterations in our vision due to the work of writers ranging from Shakespeare to Sartre, alterations in our hearing due to composers from Bach to Schoenberg and John Cage. The point is that such perspectives do not open up spontaneously. The capacity to perceive, to attend, must be learned.”
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