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Postmodernism in education supports diversity through ideas, practices, and disciplines within a school. Postmodernist in education would argue against the statement that there should be a required cultural core based on texts within the Western Civilization. Along with this, they are more concerned with culture, literature, philosophy, and history than science (Gutek, 2014). Postmodernists aim to create an environment that tells the story of underrepresented groups through equal experiences (Gutek, 2014). Postmodernists would argue that schools should be decentralized. This should be done so that the local community of parents, children, teachers, and
neighbors have control of what they learn, how they learn it, and why they want to learn it (Gutek, 2014). Along with this, Postmodernists believe that teachers need to become conscious of the roles that they exercise and critical about the representations they give, especially to marginalized peoples—specifically gays, lesbians, and in this case transgender students (Gutek, 2014). In the case that I was a Postmodernist educator that was conscious of the representations that I give to marginalized people, I would support the policy to allow transgender students to choose their bathroom. A Postmodernist educator focuses on community involvement and effort, so the first step would be to address the community in this endeavor. Supporting a decentralized decision on this matter would ensure that the local community has some sort of control and acknowledges the support for marginalized people that would be done by becoming a leader in this endeavor. Creating an environment in which transgender students are supported and represented in the school is an important aspect of an educator that supports the Postmodernism philosophy.
