PDU3701 Assignment 3 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2023 (899953)

Postmodernism is a broad movement that developed in the mid-to-late 20th century across philosophy, the arts, architecture, and criticism, marking a departure from modernism. The term has been more generally applied to describe a historical era said to follow after modernity and the tendencies of this era. Postmodernism claims that humankinds attempts to use reason to capture and formulate absolute truth. Postmodernism contains certain concepts and ideas that many people have found extremely useful- these concepts are as follows:  There is no such thing as neutrality.  There are many forms of reason.  Humans construct reality.  Knowledge is constructed and produced.  Human knowledge has a contingent history.  Humans are not ruled by reason. When it comes to postmodernism making a contribution to society, there seems to be debate as some people feel it does and some feel it doesn’t make a contribution, in this instance we look at education. Some feel that postmodernism does not present a real challenge to teachers simply because such a teacher deals with concrete notions that do not involve any grand scheme, however when talking about advanced education it is appa