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Fenwick Engglish - Fenwick - Fullan - Fullan - Fullan - It’s Like Climbing a Mountain - Leading in a Culture of Change - Michael Fullan - Organizational Development - Changing the Future-FULLAN - Dr. William Allan Kritsonis' ClassWILLIAM ALLAN KRITSONIS was recognized as the Central Washington University Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus for the College of Education and Professional Studies. He was honored by the Texas National Association for Multicultural Education as Professor, Scholar, and Pioneer Publisher for Distinguished Service to Multicultural Research Publishing. The ceremony was held at Texas A&M University-College Station. He was inducted into the prestigious William H. Parker Leadership Academy Hall of Honor. He was an Invited Visiting Lecturer at the Oxford Round Table at Oriel College in the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Dr. Kritsonis was a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University’s Teacher College in New York, and Visiting Scholar in the School of Education at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California. In May 2015, Dr. Kritsonis participated in the Think Tank on Global Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The think tank focused on how to help students develop intercultural awareness, knowledge of global issues, and multilingualism.

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Fenwick EnglishFenwick EnglishPostmodernism-A Paradigm ShiftPostmodernism-A Paradigm Shift

By: Melody A. WilsonBy: Melody A. WilsonEDUL 7043EDUL 7043

Dr. William A. KritsonisDr. William A. Kritsonis

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Postmodernism-A Paradigm Postmodernism-A Paradigm ShiftShift

Pre-ModernismPre-Modernism

Pre-modernism is the time period which Pre-modernism is the time period which began shortly after the New Testament began shortly after the New Testament was written. It was known as the was written. It was known as the Christian era filled with creeds, Christian era filled with creeds, dogmatism, orthodoxy, tradition, and dogmatism, orthodoxy, tradition, and had no clear line of demarcation had no clear line of demarcation between the material and spiritual between the material and spiritual worlds.worlds.

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Modernism is synonymous with the Modernism is synonymous with the humanist philosophy of the humanist philosophy of the Enlightenment which began in the Enlightenment which began in the 17th Century, and according to some, 17th Century, and according to some, ended with the fall of communism. In ended with the fall of communism. In its very basic summation it was a its very basic summation it was a movement that was optimistic about movement that was optimistic about discovering universal truth that would discovering universal truth that would explain all of life explain all of life

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Postmodernists believe that the idea Postmodernists believe that the idea of objective knowledge or that we of objective knowledge or that we can know things with certainty. can know things with certainty. Knowledge, on the whole, is seen as Knowledge, on the whole, is seen as uncertain, subjective, relative, and uncertain, subjective, relative, and hence tentative. hence tentative.

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Postmodernism is about challenging Postmodernism is about challenging and opening up the central premise and opening up the central premise that only one set of borders are that only one set of borders are possible to define and support possible to define and support professional practice. professional practice.

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Postmodernism-It is about Postmodernism-It is about constructing a way of looking at the constructing a way of looking at the world of ideas, concepts and systems world of ideas, concepts and systems of thought . . .of thought . . .

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What is a paradigm?What is a paradigm?

A paradigm is one’s model for A paradigm is one’s model for interpretinginterpreting

reality reality

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Modernism

One Reality

Reality is testable

Truth is discovered and context free

Postmodernism

Multiple views of reality

Reality is discerned through an objective

Any doctrine is open to examination

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The newiest trend in management consulting is faith based leadership. Max De Pree (2000) writes:

… leadership involves more than a charismatic personality or particular

Skills; rather, leadership is about character. Character does not emerge

from nowhere but springs from deeply held convictions…if leaders are…

To withstand the inherent pressures in their positions…then their

Character must be anchored in faith. (p. viii)

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Grenz, Stanley J. A Primer on Postmodernism. Grand Rapids: Eedmans, Grenz, Stanley J. A Primer on Postmodernism. Grand Rapids: Eedmans, 1996.1996.

Hawkins, Craig S. The Bible, Logic, and the Postmodern Predicament, Hawkins, Craig S. The Bible, Logic, and the Postmodern Predicament, copyright 2000; copyright 2000; http://http://www.apologeticsinfo.org/papers/logicpostmodern.htmlwww.apologeticsinfo.org/papers/logicpostmodern.html; ; retrieved on October 6, 2005.retrieved on October 6, 2005.

McCallum, Dennis, ed. The Death of Truth: What’s Wrong with McCallum, Dennis, ed. The Death of Truth: What’s Wrong with Multiculturalism, the Rejection of Reason, and the New Postmodern Multiculturalism, the Rejection of Reason, and the New Postmodern Diversity. Minneapolis: Bethany, 1996.Diversity. Minneapolis: Bethany, 1996.

Phillip, Timothy R., and Dennis L. Okholm, eds. Christian Apologetics in the Phillip, Timothy R., and Dennis L. Okholm, eds. Christian Apologetics in the Postmodern World. Downer Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1995.Postmodern World. Downer Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1995.