Postmodernism
...discusses three worldviews: Modernism, Postmodernism, and Faith. It explores several different aspects of these world views such as their epistemologies and philosophies. Then it discusses how these foundations impact curriculum. Finally it attempts to make an analysis of which worldview is truly curriculum wisdom.
A Critical Analysis of Three Worldviews and Their Implications on Curriculum
The purpose of this paper is to look at 3 different worldviews and their implications on educational curriculum. I have chosen to explore modernism, postmodernism, and faith. In this paper faith will generally refer to Christianity; however, it is hoped that the reader can make broader generalizations to the concept of faith. There maybe many worldviews that I have missed, but I believe that these three are the most prevalent in our culture. This is important because many people are operating out of these different frames of mind and do not even realize it. Then when they come in contact with a person who is operating from a different worldview they cannot find common ground and misunderstandings occur. The primary purpose of this paper is to inform people of these different perspectives and how they impact society especially with regards to curriculum. A secondary purpose it to critique these three worldviews from a wisdom paradigm.
Robert Kegan has a hierarchal way of knowing that maintains similar labels as the ones used to describe the worldviews in this paper. Out of his five orders of consciousness his latter three seem to parallel the worldviews from a superficial perspective. Although there are similarities between the orders of consciousness and the worldviews, there are some fundamental foundational differences. Although there is some overlapping between the worldviews they are for the most part separate and distinct from one another. It does...
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