Postmodernist view on education

Question 1

Usher + Edwards

Answer 1

curriculum is outdated, old fashioned and very binary.
same sex relationships, gender identity, life skills are not represented
there should be no single curriculum, as society is too complex
Can be used as A03 for national curriculum

Question 2

Giroux

Answer 2

ethnocentric curriculum
lack of cultural diversity
often whitewashed ‘white gaze’

Question 3

Lyotard

Answer 3

rejects metanarratives - one explanation of society
But education itself is a metanarrative - classroom, teacher, time tablel, rules. One approach

Question 4

Baudrillard

Answer 4

pick ‘n’ mix identities
we no longer have 1 identity
uniforms could prevent us from expressing who we truly are

Question 5

Ritzer

Answer 5

McDonaldisation - cut, copy paste
now in education - academy chains

Question 6

Rikowski

Answer 6

business takeover
e.g. vending machines, technology, services

Question 7

Fenton

Answer 7

Cococolanisation
certain brands dominate education, e.g apple