Post-modernism and post-compulsory education

Halliday, John (2001) Post-modernism and post-compulsory education. Paideusis, 14 (1). pp. 31-47. ISSN 1916-0348 (https://doi.org/10.7202/1072823ar)

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Abstract

This paper examines and elaborates upon the work of two writers, Usher and Edwards who have explored the significance of post-modernism for those involved in the post-compulsory sector of education. They argue that postmodernism signals an increasing interest in this sector of education and a major challenge to the idea of compulsory schooling. In this paper it is argued that postmodernism challenges the very distinction between compulsory and postcompulsory education. It problematises and disturbs a number of entrenched assumptions about education, teaching and learning in interesting ways. The paper concludes with an outline of what formal education might become as a result of such problematisation and disturbance.

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