Open AccessInvitations, Development, and Freedom
Author(s) -
Dawn Walker
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of invitational theory and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1060-6041
DOI - 10.26522/jitp.v1i2.3746
Subject(s) - dialectic , space (punctuation) , root (linguistics) , word (group theory) , sociology , political science , epistemology , public relations , linguistics , philosophy
The Latin root of the word education means to "draw out" or to "call forth." In the introduction to The Dialectic of Freedom, Maxine Greene (1988) stated that she sought an audience of "those who educate with untapped possibility in mind" (p. xii). To educate in this manner it is necessary to open up the space that exists between the dialectic of the actual and the possible. One must call forth the possible and draw out the relatively untapped potential existing in each individual.