public education

Linda Pearo (lpearo who-is-at swanton.k12.vt.us)
Sat, 17 Feb 1996 12:45:20 -0500

XMCA-- I assume people on this list know all and can do anything. Anyone
else who'd like to help Linda (see below) should. I've sent one paper
and some other info. Is there a book or article anyone knows of that
presents postmodern (or even just post-Cartesian) ideas in a way that
a bright and motivated teacher can find accessible? I'd like to know
about such a piece myself! God bless the seekers after wisdom! JAY

JAY LEMKE.
City University of New York.
BITNET: JLLBC who-is-at CUNYVM
INTERNET: JLLBC who-is-at CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU

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Mr. J. Lemke: I am a middle grades teacher in Vermont. I have read some of
Giroux's work, and I need to know more about the application of
post-modernist cultural theory and its relationship (or lack of) to public
education. I find post-modernist theory intriguing, but confusing. How do
the various tenets of both SUPPORT and DISTORT the endeavor to teach and
practice democratic ideals as they relate to education? Please respond if
you are so disposed. There seems to be no one up here I can engage in
discourse . . . their eyes just glaze over. Linny