Recognizes that the recent terrorist attacks were a powerful reminder that the imagination can be a destructive as well as a constructive force. Addresses the unsettling question of what it means to educate the imagination in the wake of September 11th. (SG)

Argues for increased attention to informed awareness of the arts in education, and to the importance of an active engagement with the arts in developing critical as well as creative thinking. (Author/CMG)

Presents an excerpt from a lecture entitled "Educating the Imagination." Considers the danger of elitism, the danger of being pulled into a kind of art-for-art's sake world. Tries to find connections between the imagination, the arts, and the continuing pursuit of social justice. Talks about imagination in connection with the arts, in…

The essays in this book are the author's attempt to connect her own seeking with the strivings of other teachers and teacher educators who are tired of a self-centered, technocratic existence and who want to enhance their understanding of diversity. The essays concentrate on imagination as a means through which to assemble a coherent world,…