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Blake, Nigel P.; Smeyers, Paul; Smith, Richard; Standish, Paul

 
9780897895118: Thinking Again: Education After Postmodernism
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ISBN 10 : 0897895118 ISBN 13 : 9780897895118
Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1998

Synopsis

The 'postmodern condition,' in which instrumentalism usurps all other considerations, has produced a kind of intellectual paralysis in the world of education. It is difficult to take issue with such shibboleths of our time as 'standards', 'effectiveness' or 'quality', or the transmission of a nation's 'heritage', yet many people sense that important values are being lost as the education systems of the developed world increasingly devote themselves to managerialism and 'performativity', the quest for efficiency and effectiveness that can be quantified.

This book shows how a sustained and telling critique of current educational policy and practice can be developed from the writings of such postmodern thinkers as Lyotard, Derrida, Foucault, and Lacan. These thinkers show us new directions, making what has become over-familiar in education seem strange, and they shake us out of established ways of thinking and writing. The book reveals how very different certain aspects of education—for instance, literacy, moral education (in the home as well as the school), curriculum policy and planning—look in the light of these ideas. The book makes many of the central ideas of postmodern theory accessible by demonstrating their relevance to familiar aspects of the practice of education.

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À propos de l'auteur

NIGEL BLAKE is Lecturer in Educational Technology at The Open University, England.

PAUL SMEYERS is Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, at the University of Leuven, Belgium.

RICHARD SMITH is Senior Lecturer, School of Education, at the University of Durham, England, and is editor of the Journal of Philosophy of Education.

PAUL STANDISH is Lecturer in Education at the University of Dundee, Scotland.

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Éditeur
Praeger Publishers Inc
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0897895118
ISBN 13 
9780897895118
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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