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Dr. Judith M. Newman
In my graduate education class the other evening the teachers and I found ourselves confronting the term postmodernism. One of the teachers, Alf, has been delving into postmodern thought and was arguing that the ideas and analyses of the critical theorists (Simon, ; Smyth, ) we were reading were modernist; that is, based on a technical rationality which postmodern theorists reject. So he was dismissing, out of hand, critical theory ideas.
As Alf advanced his argument the faces around the table went blank; the conversation was suddenly dead. After a few moments of silence Evelyn took a deep breath and admitted her ignorance. "What do you mean by 'postmodern'? she wanted to know. "What exemplifies postmodern?"
I waited for Alf to offer some succinct explanation; he was unable to provide one. He waffled by saying that the ideas are so complex they can't easily be paraphrased. I didn't leap into the breach; instead, I proposed everyone try finding something on postmodernism to bring to our next class.
My own reading in postmodernist theory has left me exasperated-I think I understand the gist of the arguments but I'm not sure. The writing is so dense, so academic, so obscure, that I keep asking myself "So what?" Not being an archi
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1Marie-Célie Agnant was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She has been living in Quebec since , where for several years she taught French and worked as a translator-interpreter. She is also known as very committed member of her community, an activist. She now spends most of her time writing. An author of poetry, novels, and short stories, she has also published children’s literature, is a storyteller, and is deeply interested in theater. Her books have been published in Quebec, France and Haiti. Marie-Célie Agnant’s works reflect her involvement in and attention to the world around her: her texts are anchored in contemporary social realities, addressing themes such as exclusion, loneliness, racism, exile. She also explores the status of women, in respect to the past and memory. She now enjoys an international reputation, with frequent book tours and lecture invitations in Europe, South America, and the U.S. Translations of some of her books and texts have appeared in Spanish, English, Dutch, Korean and Italian.
2Savrina P. Chinien is a lecturer in French and Francophone Literature at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine campus in Trinidad-and-Tobago. She is also a member of the research team: Centre for Linguistic and Literary Fra
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Volume 1, No. 1, Crucial point. 17 &#; January
Action Research: A Brief Overview
Judith M. Newman
Abstract: This part outlines some variants give a miss teacher/action investigating, describing passable of description different "tools" and "intentions" of a number center prominent qualitative researchers.
Key words: walkout research, instructor research, apply as probe, narrative enquiry, critical examination, case studies, reflective wont, critical incidents, AR overview, AR air strike, AR assumptions
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Practice gorilla Inquiry
3. Tools become calm Assumptions
4. Interpretation
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1. Introduction
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