The Social Justice Imagination

In this well-researched book award-winning educator Michael Ernest Sweet asserts that for far too long public schooling has centered its focus on hard science and all but ignored the creative arts. Drawing upon the work of internationally known scholars Maxine Greene and Kieran Egan, Sweet explores the possibilities for creative writing and the imagination in educating for a socially just democracy. Throughout this groundbreaking work Sweet uncovers "The Social Justice Imagination" as indispensable to citizenship education within the Western democratic project.The Social Justice Imagination is a must read for educators, administrators and policy makers, indeed anyone wishing to ensure a future generation of compassionate, concerned and democratically engaged citizens.