When I was sixteen I wanted a car desperately; it was all my male friends ever talked about: I
felt excluded. I feel the same about postmodernism. At least having a car is useful. The …

In recent years, the adoption of postmodern theoretical perspectives within educational
research has prompted strong critical reaction. For some critics (particularly Marxist …

" This chapter attempts to address some fundamental problems with postmodern theory, as it
currently informs the field of educational research. Our position is that postmodern theory …

The paper highlights the urgent and radical questions and problems which postmodernism
poses for educational studies in general, and the philosophy of education in particular. First …

This work presents a set of thematic essays aimed at clarifying the educational problems
and paradoxes of postmodern educational conditions and theory. The major concerns of the …

Postmodern theory has engaged the hearts and heads of the brightest students because of
its apparent political and social radicalism. Despite this Professor Gavin Kitching claims …

In the first part of the paper, we begin by attempting to establish the parameters of the
eclectic concept of postmodernism. We then evaluate what have been described as two …

This article examines the impact of postmodernism on the philosophy of education. It
explains that one of the most important elements of postmodernity is a growing awareness of …

This paper counters Blake's (1996) claim that educational neo-Marxism 'died'in the 1970s
through demonstrating that there has been a substantial output of neo-Marxist educational …

The big story ('grand narrative') of modernism, according to Jean-François Lyotard, has been
replaced by a whole range of competing 'small stories'. No longer, for example, can the …