The arts and humanities in postmodern education / David Elkind -- Contradictions and consequences in postmodernism / Michael J. Schmoker -- The necessary role of the arts in education and society / Eric Oddleifson -- Generating hope through arts education / Julia Balaisis -- Postmodernity, humanity, and art / D. C. Bradburd -- The power of the arts to edify / Russell T. Osguthorpe -- Lights in the trees / Stephanie B. Perrin -- Adult literacy and the American political culture / George Demetrion -- A postmodern feminist perspective on visual arts in elementary teacher education / Christine B. Morris and Iris M. Striedieck -- The family myth in the postmodern humanities curriculum / Donovan R. Walling -- Resolving the paradox of postmodern education / Raymond Pettit -- Envisioning the future of education / Todd Siler.