Alejandro, reading your answer, I think Gert Biesta is really an author covbering your field of interest !  He especially focuses on relating to 'newcomers' (his name for children and youngsters) not in a technical way; not schooling them but  educating them to become responsible and care taking citizens.  He is easy to find on Google Scholar:

Biesta Gert (2010), How to exist politically and learn from it? In: Teachers College record. Vol. 112, nr. 2 (Februar) pp. 556/575.

Biesta Gert (2007), Who is there? Finding the Other in the Self.  In: Philosophy of education. 

Biesta Gert De Bie Maria and Wildemeersch Danny (2014), Civic Learning, Democratic Citizenship and the Public Sphere. Springer. 

Biesta Gert J.J. (2011), Learning Democracy in School and Society.  Education, Lifelong Learning, and the Politics of Citizenship.  Sense Publishers.

I added the third and fourth reference as a pdf file

Good Luck, Paul Blondeel

thrilling question, but major changes in order to...?  In order to meet globalized classrooms?  In order to educate for other types of citizenship...?  Could you specify what the postmodern paradigm in thew context of your question.  I do think on Gert Biesta, an author coping with at least the first part of your question. 

Paul Blondeel

Changes in order to meet both the technical and the human side of wducation, Pedro Aullón de Haro and other authors suggest that the human side needs to be recovered, not just the competencies and skils but the moral and even the "spiritual" side.

Although the criticism and cultural change of postmodernism made educatores and students to be interested in more varities, or sub-divisions of any field of study they are in, but at the same time they TRY more than focusing on first couple of choices to stand still.  In addition, there is not much of career choice, after graduation from some of these programs. As a result, disparency in fields of study is vast, but it is in a dept of couple of inches (no matter what, money and internet is running the show, so far).

Alejandro, reading your answer, I think Gert Biesta is really an author covbering your field of interest !  He especially focuses on relating to 'newcomers' (his name for children and youngsters) not in a technical way; not schooling them but  educating them to become responsible and care taking citizens.  He is easy to find on Google Scholar:

Biesta Gert (2010), How to exist politically and learn from it? In: Teachers College record. Vol. 112, nr. 2 (Februar) pp. 556/575.

Biesta Gert (2007), Who is there? Finding the Other in the Self.  In: Philosophy of education. 

Biesta Gert De Bie Maria and Wildemeersch Danny (2014), Civic Learning, Democratic Citizenship and the Public Sphere. Springer. 

Biesta Gert J.J. (2011), Learning Democracy in School and Society.  Education, Lifelong Learning, and the Politics of Citizenship.  Sense Publishers.

I added the third and fourth reference as a pdf file

Good Luck, Paul Blondeel

Thank you Paul

Hi Alejandro,

I just would like to share my two cents. I am currently puzzled by a book I am reading and I wonder if anyone has read it or heard from it. Author: Gavin Kitching; Title: The Trouble with Theory - The Educational Costs of Postmodernism.

It is very interesting to read a critique of Postmodernism, especially with a strong perspective on Education. But I am puzzled by how the author envisions the Postmodern ideas. His way of 'deconstructing' Postmodernism in Education really scares me as it is clearly an example that any idea can completely  mutate as it travels from one person to another. And in this case, it even travelled from one language to another as it concentrates on French philosophers - and there is clearly some nuances that can be lost when translating complex ideas written with all the foggy meanings that can be attached to French words.

This book is a perfect example that any debate on Postmodernism requires at first a serious tuning between participants to make sure they are talking about he same thing. I personnally like the constant questionning, the organized doubting that Postmodernism can bring to the Education sphere. It is clearly a change from the top-down view of some on the sharing of knowledge. But it is clearly not for everyone's taste and I doubt that Postmodernism is as widespread in Education as I would like to believe.  I am not so sure that a real change took place in the last 30 or 40 years as the objective of Education is - more than ever - to prepare for the active world. The recovery of the human side still comes after the instrumentalization of Education. But at least Postmodernism gave a backing, a ground on which to stand and a substance that can be used to voice concern on Education matters.

What changes need to be done ? Keep desconstructing the traditional views to allow for more 'recovery of the human side' as you put it and avoid being mis-deconstructed in return :-D One discussion at a time. It remains a personal journey - especially as, again, Postmodern ideas can mean different things for different people. Simply because we are all different to start with.

Don't you think ?