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ERIC Number: EJ485665
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-4985
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Knowledge, Higher Education, and Society: A Postmodern Problem.
Barnett, Ronald
Oxford Review of Education, v19 n1 p33-46 1993
Asserts that, in modern society, knowledge, higher education, and society act upon each other as separate forces. Examines and compares critical theory and postmodernism and their impact on higher education. Concludes that the differences between these two frameworks as interpretations of higher education can be reconciled. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Critical Theory, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories, Epistemology, Foreign Countries, Heuristics, Higher Education, Postmodernism, Role of Education, Social Change, Social Structure
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Audience: Policymakers; Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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