postmodernism Flashcards
postmodern view of education
generally, Postmodernists are critical of mainstream education as it is too restrictive and offers little choice
Postmodernists like alternative to schools, and lots of choice within schools
Morrow and Torres (1995)
said that class is no longer relevant as people can choose their own lifestyles
foucalt
school is like a panoptican prison
fragmentation
Fragmentation means that society is now in different fragments, and so do not have shared norms and values
Moore and Hickox (1994)
stated that it is impossible to provide a curriculum that suits everyone, either a national or vocational curriculum, because of the social changes that are taking place in society