Answer to Question #314063 in Psychology for Yoli

Question

What contributions do you think postmodernism as a philosophy of education can make in your classroom?

Answer 1

There is a correlation between creativity in education and postmodernism. postmodernism encourages a learner to pay attention to the other instead of own self, diverse cultures, embracing cooperative methods, perilous thinking, utilizing writing skills, creativity, construction of knowledge, and considering teachers as facilitators. Therefore, enhancing the effective teaching and learning process. In regards to postmodernist, the aims of education are teaching critical thinking, production of knowledge, development of individual and social identity, self creation. In postmodern education teachers just lead students to discover new things.

Postmodernism with a critical view toward education tries offer new explanation of cognition, knowledge, school, curriculum and educational content. So postmodernism h questioned all limitations, standards and borders and has created new forms of knowledge