| Postmodernism and Education: Different Voices, Different Worlds Contributor(s): Edwards, Richard (Author), Usher, Robin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415102812 ISBN-13: 9780415102810 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $61.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1994 Annotation: "Postmodernism and Education" responds to the interest in postmodernism as a way of understanding social, cultural and economic trends. Robin Usher and Richard Edwards explore the impact which postmodernism has had upon the theory and practice of education, using a broad analysis of postmodernism and an in-depth introduction to key writers in the field, including Lacan, Derrida, Foucault and Lyotard. In examining the impact which this thinking has had upon contemporary theory and practice of education, Usher and Edwards concentrate particularly upon how postmodernist ideas challenge existing concepts, structures and hierarchies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education - Social Science |
| Dewey: 370.1 |
| LCCN: 94008494 |
| Lexile Measure: 1400 |
| Series: One World Archaeology; 25 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.36" W x 9.5" (0.93 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 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. |