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SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS: :SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS: The post-modernist critique
HISTORY OF MODERNISM :HISTORY OF MODERNISM EVOLUTIONARY PATTERN OF SOCIETIES
primitive ? feudal ? modernism System of Government
System of Economy
System of Knowledge Transition from feudalism to modernism involved
Revolution
HISTORY OF MODERNISM :Political revolutions ended absolute monarchies and established republican systems of government. Examples: American, French, Russia, Chinese revolutions Political revolution HISTORY OF MODERNISM
Slide 4:Pharaoh Akhenaten, Ancient Egypt
(1353 BC-1336 BC or 1351 BC-1334 BC)
Slide 5:Left: Louis 14th, the ‘Sun King’, Versailles Palace.
Centre: Louis 14th dressed as Apollo Helios, the Greco-Roman Sun God in Le Ballet de la Nuit, 1653
Right: Louis 14th, (1638-1715), in his full glory, 1701
History of Modernism :The Industrial Revolution transformed land-intensive agrarian economies into capital-intensive industrial economies. The industrial revolution hastened the transformation from feudalism to modernism. Economic Revolution History of Modernism
History of modernism :The Enlightenment (18th century) – a revolution of “light” – source of knowledge shifted from revelation to reason.
. The Enlightenment - the most important factor that transformed feudalism to modernism. Knowledge Revolution History of modernism
WHAT IS POST-modeRnism? :WHAT IS POST-modeRnism? A big & magnificent “story” – a universal idea that is assumed to be true and good, e.g. religion, fairy tale, capitalism, Marxism, democracy, science, globalization. An era of deconstruction & fragmentation of ‘grand narratives’ (GN) of modernism’. Grand Narrative GNs replaced with ‘mini-narratives’ in post-modernism.
WHAT IS POST-modeRnism? :WHAT IS POST-modeRnism? Economy:
Globalization – open markets, competition,etc.
Fordist to post-Fordist model of economy.
From production to service.
From demand anchored in real income to borrowing and credit – culture of consumerism. However, 2 GNs of modernism were deconstructed & replaced with 2 new post-modern MNs.
WHAT IS POST-modeRnism? :WHAT IS POST-modeRnism? 2. Education:
Aim: From human perfection & truth to utilitarianism – as a consumer commodity.
Increased vocationalization of curriculum, e.g. in 14-19 UK school curriculum.
McDonaldization of education – education like health is now a big service industry.
The post-modernist critique of education :The post-modernist critique of education Deschooling Alternatives Illich: IS is an effective tool to engineer conformity in the consumerist economy – a dehumanizing process. ? Homeschooling
Open universities
Distance education