In the article the author describes the definition of paradigm, explains how we can understand the concept of the pluralism of meanings. The article contains philosophical reflections on modern pedagogical paradigms. The author raises many questions to which the attentive reader will find the answer. The most important are: whether the wide acceptance of pluralism is referred to the truth? Are contemporary paradigms in pedagogy related to the truth, or to the ideas about it?
The text undertakes the reflexion on paradigms in pedagogic and special education. In the first part of it the author precises definitions of a paradigm exposing their multiplicity and concentrates on present and non-present paradigms in special education exposing the necessity of paradigmatic change as well as implantation of critical- emancipatory paradigm in the area of scientific explorations of the discipline. In her further considerations the author characterizes critical-emancipatory paradigm in reference to special education. She inquires about special education as critical, emancipatory, differences - oriented pedagogy. She also notices that current researchers of disability phenomenon ought to employ critical- emancipatory paradigm in their explorations with references to critical and emancipatory pedagogic.
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