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ERIC Number: EJ533104
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
Post-modernity, Education and European Identities.
Coulby, David; Jones, Crispin
Comparative Education, v32 n2 p171-84 Jun 1996
Describes the "Enlightenment program" (often equated with modernity) and postmodernist criticisms of Enlightenment thought. Discusses the notions of Europe and Europeans as reflecting social inclusion/exclusion as much as geography. Examines the relevance of postmodernist theories to school and university knowledge systems, highlighting conflicts between diversity of culture and knowledge and centralized curricular systems. Contains 30 references. (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Criticism, Cultural Pluralism, Diversity (Institutional), Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intellectual History, Multicultural Education, National Curriculum, Nationalism, Postmodernism
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Enlightenment Thought; Europe; European Community
Note: Special number 18 with the theme "Comparative Education and Post-modernity."