Postmodernist view on Education

Do postmodernists believe there is a single way to tackle issues in the education system?

No

What do postmodernists believe about teachers and knowledge?

Teachers are biased and knowledge is active progress

What is an example of knowledge being active progress?

In the past it was a fact that women should not read at certain times as it could make them fertile and in the future people could look at our ideas with the same disbelief

What is the construction of knowledge known as?

A discourse

What do postmodernists think teachers offer?

Their own values and social agendas

What do postmodernists believe schools offer?

A variety of different options

Why are cultural values important to be taught?

To help students to understand tolerance of diversity, emotional intelligence and creativity

Why do postmodernists think all cultures are equal?

So children from ethnic minorities should be taught in education to question their western culture and explore their own culture

What does education help individuals decide?

Who they want to be and empower them to achieve their personal goals

What do Bryant and Johnson (1997) argue about adult education?

It shows that society is developing a greater variety and there is not a single approach

What is learning like in adult education?

Flexible or distant and there is no single curriculum for students

AO3 - Haralambos and Holborn (2013) says there is greater centralisation in aspects of education

Rather than diversity and choice

AO3 - Chomsky argues there is no factual or empirical evidence to support it

It is difficult to use the theory to support action