Asserts that working through postmodern positions on language offers nursing different approaches to critical thinking and cultural competence, two components of multicultural education. Describes examples relevant to topics in nursing education. (SK)

Argues that, by initiating a critique of the misrepresentations of Mexican Americans by established anthropologists, Chicana/o scholars anticipated a new anthropology and the problems of an apolitical postmodernism. Examines the challenges offered by Chicana feminists. Suggests that all these dialogues developed because of inequalities within the…

Asserting that deconstruction, a postmodern technique, brings marginalized voices into the mainstream and allows for a more diverse perspective, this article puts forth postmodern theory as a way to teach critical thinking skills to MBA students. Applies the framework to the International Monetary Fund to exemplify its power to critically examine…

Argues that the deconstructive practice of disturbing the status quo between opposites constitutes one of the central themes of physics since the Enlightenment. Summarizes parallel developments in physics and language studies from Aristotle to Einstein. Contends that to question postmodern language theory exemplified in deconstruction necessitates…

Reconstructs the critique and utopia of cyberfeminism, arguing that cyberfeminism does not advance feminist emancipation nor contribute to the elevation of counter-education, which will challenge the violence of the hegemonic order of things and its educational manipulations. Cyberfeminism is part of the system that must be overcome, not a radical…

Describes changes occurring in educational anthropology and discusses what these changes mean for the field. Educational interventions in the future must be undertaken with more concern for the needs, wants, morals, and participation of those who are directly involved. (SLD)

Suggests a postmodern theory regarding knowledge organizations as active constructions of a perceived conception of particular discourse communities in the company, organization or knowledge fields for which the knowledge organization is intended. In this view, the interpretive process in knowledge organization and the culture and social context…

Social workers interested in postmodernism have been provided an abundance of theory, but little to guide them in direct practice in diverse child welfare roles. In this article, two Ps and three Rs of practice based on postmodernist principles are discussed: positioning, power, resource sharing, resistance, and reflection. Professionals working…

A global paradigm shift is taking place at the beginning of the Twenty-First Century, which is resulting in massive changes in the frames of reference about the ways of life, work, and society and how they are viewed and organized. This shift is essentially a sweeping set of worldwide changes in the public domain which challenges the prevailing…

Educators across academic environments seek to prepare students for participation in the development of a more just and caring society and world. In this paper, I explore the value of "art" and "aesthetics," broadly defined, as means of addressing these issues through citizenship education. After a brief historical review of the social studies, I…

In much educational theory there is concern about claims that the concept of truth has no place anymore in educational thinking. These claims are generally identified as "postmodernist" or "poststructuralist." The fear is that when abandoning the quest for truth we enter the domain of mere belief, and in this way leave education without firm…

Two major trends may be said to define and preoccupy the current generation: globalization and post-modernism. These interrelated phenomenon touch on all facets of life. Religious education is no exception. Empirical studies with theoretical bases allowing for comparability are needed regarding the current values, beliefs, behaviors, and knowledge…

The author argues that "substantive" art integration harmonizes with contemporary postmodern thought in art education and represents a strategy for teaching art in a postmodern way. Bringing together theories from cognitive science and metaphor theory (specifically connection and projection), the author shows how substantive integration promotes…

This article suggests a re-consideration of the way in which postmodern career counselling and theory could position counsellors in relation to their clients. It also poses ethical challenges and questions to developing career counsellors and their established educators. More specifically, the article explores the ethical dilemmas confronting…

This article examines perspectives on and intersections between two recurrent themes in the history of American psychology: sex differences and theories of self. These themes and certain connections between them are considered in three eras: early American psychology, feminist psychology coincident with the second wave of feminism, and the recent…