In postmodern societies, oppression shifts from centralized, explicitly coercive forms to decentered, subtle processes, inducing individuals to regulate themselves. Foucault's concept of power can assist adult educators in moving from empowering individuals to escape or transform oppressive structures toward helping them resist the disciplining of…

Postmodern pressures on hospitals and universities have an impact on nursing education. Different goals and environments of higher education institutions and health care organizations, values, and attitudes of nursing and nurses indicate a need to understand discursive practices and develop new ones. (SK)

Identifies the major insights concerning contemporary communication and media practices associated with the postmodern condition and evaluates their contribution to critical media studies. Suggests that postmodern media studies are themselves a symptom of the very postmodern culture they seek to analyze. (RS)

Revisits Enlightenment themes as they relate to higher education, reassessing Enlightenment precepts in light of postmodernist and other critiques and asserting that while some aspects of counter-Enlightenment critiques are well-grounded, many core practices of the Enlightenment tradition remain valid. (SM)

The field of comparative education has been slow to incorporate poststructuralist concerns due to theoretical bias, the linguistic barrier of postmodernist discourses, and the critique of postmodernism as indifferent to social issues. Debates on key questions of epistemology, ontology, and ethics in social research are needed to further…

Clarifies differences between postmodernism and criticalism through an exploration of ocular- and phonocentric theories of truth and meaning, reviewing alternatives opened by these counter-enlightenment discourses. The paper asserts that certain popular postmodern themes are importantly insightful, but best relocated within a criticalist…

Examines a virtual work team to determine the domains of the team and the effect the virtual work environment had on the domains. Discusses results of a literature review and a phenomenological heuristic case study, including the effects of post-modern philosophy and postindustrial society on changes in the marketplace. (Contains 79 references.)…

The National Research Council report, "Scientific Research in Education," claims to present an inclusive view of sciences in responding to federal attempts to legislate educational research. This article asserts that it narrowly defines science as positivism and methodology as quantitative, rejecting postmodernism and omitting other theories. Uses…

Examines some of the literary and legal implications of parody. Highlights include defining parody; legal and ethical issues, including copyright infringement; moral rights and wrongs; parody and fair use; the four-factor test regarding copyright; relevant court cases; and postmodern consequences, including authenticity. (LRW)

Using a feminist postmodern perspective, examines excerpts from traditional superintendency texts and several samples of women superintendent narratives to consider whether a reconsideration of superintendency discourse could support a reconception of the superintendency. (Contains 80 references.) (PKP)

Compares narrative approaches to Kohlberg's theory of moral development along five dimensions: values relevance, legitimacy, universality, rationality, and commensurability. Argues that, contrary to Kohlberg's theory, narrative approaches may lead to contradiction in epistemology, nihilism in moral choices, and opportunism in relationships.…

The authority of the monolingual native speaker, unchallenged until now, has been questioned recently because of postmodern and postcolonialist trends. It is now valid to view learners of German as border-crossers between cultures, as bilingual/bicultural individuals. Ownership of the German language is neither a birthright nor an acquired right,…

Continuing education has traditionally defined its purpose within the socialist context in Europe. This ethic is being challenged in a postmodern era. New definitions of radical social purpose are needed to reassert the values of equity and social justice in adult continuing education. (SK)

Uses the lens of postcolonial theory to reflect on the author's uses of a varied series of writing pedagogies in cross-cultural classrooms at an international college. Suggests that a pedagogy constructed against the backdrop of postcolonial theory might provide both students and their teacher in such a cross-cultural setting with a more complex…

Offers a case study in curriculum change that reveals a very different experience--one that demonstrates a discipline more alive than ever. Presents a story of how the lively canon debates prompted the English department at Montclair State University to restructure the English major. Finds that the culture wars, critical theory, poststructuralism,…