Postmodernism and Education: Different Voices, Different WorldsIn this book, the authors explore and clarify the nature of postmodernism and provide a detailed introduction to key writers in the field such as Lacan Derrida Foucault Lyotard They examine the impact of this thinking upon contemporary theory and practice of education, concentrating particularly upon how postmodernist ideas challenge existing concepts, structures and hierarchies. |
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... knowledge and the culturallinguistic system, Foucault's on discourses and powerknowledge relations, Derrida's on ... science and psychology is examined as a case study of the problems which occur when this narrative is applied to an ...
... knowledge and the culturallinguistic system, Foucault's on discourses and powerknowledge relations, Derrida's on ... science and psychology is examined as a case study of the problems which occur when this narrative is applied to an ...
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... science. This faith is allied to the strong conviction of the spread of rationality in the conduct of human affairs and a progressive growth in scientific knowledge that: uncovers the natural order of things, making possible the ...
... science. This faith is allied to the strong conviction of the spread of rationality in the conduct of human affairs and a progressive growth in scientific knowledge that: uncovers the natural order of things, making possible the ...
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... scientific principles and knowledge to the 'efficient conduct of human affairs'. In postmodernity, the breakdown of the faith in science and rationality has further ramifications and associations. We witness a questioning of the scientific ...
... scientific principles and knowledge to the 'efficient conduct of human affairs'. In postmodernity, the breakdown of the faith in science and rationality has further ramifications and associations. We witness a questioning of the scientific ...
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Postmodernism and Education: Different Voices, Different Worlds Richard Edwards,Robin Usher Limited preview - 2002 |
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