| Description |
ix, 179 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Educational change and development series |
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Educational change and development series.
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| Contents |
1. Re-schooling Society: An Introduction -- 2. The Path to the Postmodern. The Medieval World-view. The Modern World-view -- 3. Post(?)Modernity. Post-Fordism: The Emerging Economic Expression of Capitalism. Postmodernism: The Cultural Expression of Postmodernity. Postmodernism and Postmodernists -- 4. Sociological Theories of the Postmodern. Neo-Durkheimian Theory and Postmodernism. Critical Theory and Postmodernism. Marxist Theory and Postmodernism. From the Medieval to the Post(?)Modern: A Summary -- 5. Curriculum. Curriculum and Modernity. Curriculum and Postmodernity. The Ludic-rous Curriculum. Curriculum, Culture Wars and National Identity. Towards Subjects of the Self. Performativity and the Curriculum. Summary -- 6. Pedagogy. Pedagogy and Modernity. The Pedagogy of Pleasure. Postmodernists, Psychology and Pedagogy. Postmodernists, Politics and Pedagogy. Technology, Performativity and Pedagogy. Vocation and Voice. Towards the Curricular, Pedagogical and Technical Fix |
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7. Assessment. Assessment and Modernity. Validity and Representation. Foucault and Self-assessment. Performativity, Post-Fordism and the Assessment of Competence. Playing for High Stakes -- 8. Management. Modernity and Management. Organization Theory, Postmodernists and Postmodernism. Organization Theory and Postmodernist Theory. TQM and the Rise of the Qualitariat. Making the Right Choice? The Way Forward Back to Basics? -- 9. Education Transformed? |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p156-170. _ Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-170) and index |
| Subject |
Education -- Social aspects.
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Educational sociology.
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Education -- Curricula -- Social aspects.
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School management and organization -- Social aspects.
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Postmodernism and education.
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Educational change.
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| LC no. |
97197424 |
| ISBN |
0750706244 |
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0750706236 |
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