Why Educational Reform is Like 'looking for the Donkey whilst sitting on its back': provocations from a Zizekian analysis
dc.contributor.author | Wall, Tony | * |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-26T14:09:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-05-26T14:09:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-02-12 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Wall, T. (2016) Invited Research Seminar: Why Educational Reform is Like 'looking for the Donkey whilst sitting on its back': provocations from a Zizekian analysis, Deakin University Centre for Research into Educational Futures and Innovation Research Seminar, Melbourne, February. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10034/610808 | |
dc.description.abstract | Why is it education is supposedly failing to meet the demands of our society? Why is it there are record levels of stress for teachers? Why is it there is a record level of complaints from our university students? How is it now possible to compare a higher education course with a vacuum cleaner, toaster or television? Through the analytical apparatus of contemporary philosopher and politico-cultural theorist Slavoj Žižek (who introduces a cocktail of Lacan, Hegel and Marx), this seminar offers an alternative perspective on these modern challenges and tensions in education. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | The presentation was supported by the University of Chester's Quality Research Scheme. | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Deakin University | |
dc.subject | workplace learning | |
dc.subject | provocative education | |
dc.title | Why Educational Reform is Like 'looking for the Donkey whilst sitting on its back': provocations from a Zizekian analysis | |
dc.type | Conference Contribution | |
dc.contributor.department | University of Chester | en |
dc.internal.reviewer-note | Presentation | en |
html.description.abstract | Why is it education is supposedly failing to meet the demands of our society? Why is it there are record levels of stress for teachers? Why is it there is a record level of complaints from our university students? How is it now possible to compare a higher education course with a vacuum cleaner, toaster or television? Through the analytical apparatus of contemporary philosopher and politico-cultural theorist Slavoj Žižek (who introduces a cocktail of Lacan, Hegel and Marx), this seminar offers an alternative perspective on these modern challenges and tensions in education. |