What is Postmodernism?
What does Postmodernism challenge?
Modernism
Who is the philosopher credited with theorizing deconstruction?
Jacques Derrida
Name a section of the article in which we discussed in our presentation
Classroom Practices, Postmodern Thinking Becoming Pedagogical Practice, and (Postmodern) Thinking, Re-Thinking, & Evaluating
"The Great Gatsby"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Which reading discusses pedagogical practice?
“When Postmodern Thinking Becomes Pedagogical Practice” by Haushildt and Wesson
Postmodernists see knowledge and truth as ________ ________
Social constructs
As discussed in the text, which piece of children’s literature uses an unreliable narrator?
The Stinky Cheeseman and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
“In much of the literature about postmodernism and education, pedagogy becomes the
______ that one should practice in order to transform traditional,
institutionalized schools into places/spaces for transformative possibilities”
what
"The Life of Pi"
Yann Martel
The Appleman chapter we looked at is titled “___________: Postmodern Theory and the Postmodern High School Student”
Deconstruction
The Modernists’ belief in individuality and reason is summed up by this very famous quote...
“I think, therefore I am" ~ Rene Descartes
Where does the new generation learn how to engage with postmodern texts?
The text itself
TRUE OR FALSE: Postmodern practice is aimed at teaching critical thinking skills
TRUE
"Fahrenheit 451"
Ray Bradbury
What are the 3 periods before Postmodernism?
Romanticism, Realism, Modernism
According to Hans Bertens, when was Postmodernism believed to become “mainstream”?
1980s
Hall argues that students today are better at what strategy?
Analyzing texts, reading associative patterns, and making external links
Changes in classroom conditions invites changes in ______________
"Slaughterhouse-Five"
Kurt Vonnegut
Tony Cliff said that Postmodernism is “A theory of _________ theories”
Rejecting
What are the other two theories that are usually associated with Postmodernism?
Deconstruction & Poststructuralism
What does deconstruction give to students going into the real world?
The ability to critique their surroundings
TRUE OR FALSE: Haushildt and Wesson’s vision for a postmodern pedagogy means “learning the postmodern spirit of possibilities”
FALSE: “living the postmodern spirit of possibilities”
"Maus"
Art Spiegelman
Name 3 famous theorists associated with Postmodernism who we mentioned in our presentation
Barthes, Derrida, Foulcault, Lacan, Deleuze & Gauttari