Jacques Derrida is one of the most famous postmodernists. Postmodernism in education domain explains the crises of the modern education and, in fact, it criticizes the general situation of education in the modern era. Postmodernist education lacks constant and global basis. It relies on discourse, pluralism, difference, otherness, cultural studies, antiauthoritarianism and criticism. Derrida's viewpoints have led to new issues in different realms, like philosophy, politics, art, history, literature and specially education. The main aim of this paper is to explain and draw educational implications of philosophical foundations of Derrida in different dimensions including educational aims, the teacher and student, the curriculum, teaching-learning methods, deconstruction and education. At the end, the educational viewpoints of Derrida are criticized, and their strengths and weakness are explained.
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