Echoes from a Child's Soul : Awakening the Moral Imagination of Children

"Echoes from a Child's Soul: Awakening the Moral Imagination of Children presents remarkable poetry inspired by aesthetic education methodology created by children that were labelled academically, socially, and/or emotionally at-risk. Many children deemed average or below-grade level composed poetry beyond their years revealing moral imagination. Art psychology and aesthetic methodology merge to portray the power of awakening children's voices once silenced. The children's poetry heralds critical and empathic messages for our future. This book proposes an overwhelming need for change in America's public-school education system so that no child is ignored, silenced, deemed less than, or marginalized"-- Provided by publisher Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Preface -- List of Figures -- Why Is Aesthetic Education Important? -- Releasing Hope -- Meeting Ruby Bridges -- Blue Lavender Wanderer -- Poetic Imagination -- Envisioning Thinking -- Moral Imagination in an Island Culture -- Back Matter -- References -- Index