1. POST MODERNISM& ROLE OF EDUCATION
NO SINGLE TRUTH – SOCIETY IS FRAGMENTED AND DIVERSE
POST MODERNISM& ROLE OF EDUCATION

2. What is POSTMODERNISM start by looking at modernism
Post modernism = postmodernism
Pre modern -modern - postmodern
birth of science and technology
birth of sociology to explain how society works – functionalism, Marxism
Same beliefs , values & norms & morals
Same sense of vision /pride
Shared interest
Everyone was rational ,autonomous , individuals
Individualism – mass what is really is on going group conflict – we are defined by gender , class , ethnicity , etc human are group creatures .

4. Postmodernism SOCIETY IS DIVERSE THE WORLD IS A REPRESENTATION
NO FINAL TRUTH
COMPLEX
ALL TRUTH IS RELATIVE
FICTION
Postmodernism : philosophy of education
Narratives ,
Technology – nuclear power , car emission modern world science that it prides itself on – analysis , obersvation is one one way of thinking about world , male white bow down before science
UNCERTAIN
REALITY IS NOT FIXED OR DETERMINED
NO BOUNDARIES
WORLD DISORDER /FRAGMENTATION

5. No true or false /No true account of reality
Reject “grand narratives” or master narratives. LYOTARD (e.g. science – Legitimation /how it claims truth)
deconstruction
competing
No true or false /No true account of reality
FOUCALT – meaningless to speak in name of or against reason/ truth
Truth / knowledge – meaningless concept
which means a method of look for weak points in modern thinking and question established ways of perception ,thinking. Attack all other theories

6. GENERAL VIEW OF EDUCATION
Aim of education – empower & fight human power, rights , against inequalities .
Students = social cultural beings
Curriculum – empower & transform society
Diversity & difference – identify and value it will help develop society
History- margins of society /your own history & culture
Teachers role – what you do with knowledge
Debate/discuss/question
Ethics ,moral / critical education /diversity

8. POSTMODERNIST ....... HENRY GIROUX – education standard is white
ROBIN USHER & RICHARD EDWARDS - No single curriculum – school should teach different things and accept different truths
Education to cater to all whatever your social class , sexual orientation , ethnicity and gender
Education has become a consumption e.g. adult education
Postmodern society – choice & diversity , consumption
Flexibility & long distance learning
Education individual needs: Part time , internet , evening classes
Greater choice in gaining knowledge , any subject
Study not just for work , but knowledge

9. 3 subjects
Literature – males/white Eurocentric – should appreciate other writers
Science – observation/ reason , one way of seeing world normally white
Males do better than females
White and Asians better then others
All should not be expected to do it
White standard , failing other – marginal
In curriculum other ways to think
History

10. Arguments against functionalism
How do functionalist see society

11. Postmodernist attack Marxism
Social class – decline
Society is far more diverse
Identity constructed by the individual
picking and mixing - Not one sense of identity
Class , religion , birth doesn't define oneself anymore
People change identity freely – consumption of different things can have different lifestyle

13. Education

14. Criticisms Positive light on education – empower & transform society
Recognises diversity
Unclear definition of post modernity , unclear about what they are about clear on what they are against
There is political and economic control
Class is still influential
You don’t know whether they are criticising education or praising education
What about common values – celebrating that