Abstract :
One of the ways to better understand education is to compare their philosophical systems and determine similarities and differences. The aim of this research was to compare similarities and differences of three modern, postmodern and metamodern schools of thought with a comparative approach. The method of data collection was documentary through examination of primary and secondary sources. To analyze the data, thematic content analysis method was used. The first finding of the research shows the evolution of philosophers’ opinions from modernism to metamodernism during the last two centuries. Another finding reveals the similarities and differences between modernism, postmodernism, and metamodernism in the realm of macro-topics such as ontology, epistemology, and axiology. It can also be inferred that the supporters of metamodernism try to create a relative balance between the two opposite poles of modernism and postmodernism. From the point of view of education, the findings of the research are clear that the view of metamodernism supporters on issues such as education goals, curriculum, teacher student role, and teaching-learning methods is to accept or reject some of the educational ideas of the two philosophical schools of modernism and postmodernism. Therefore, it cannot be said that the supporters of metamodernism are the creators of new ideas in the field of education.
