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dc.contributor.authorWall, Tony*
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-26T14:09:16Z
dc.date.available2016-05-26T14:09:16Z
dc.date.issued2016-02-12
dc.identifier.citationWall, 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.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10034/610808
dc.description.abstractWhy 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.sponsorshipThe presentation was supported by the University of Chester's Quality Research Scheme.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDeakin University
dc.subjectworkplace learning
dc.subjectprovocative education
dc.titleWhy Educational Reform is Like 'looking for the Donkey whilst sitting on its back': provocations from a Zizekian analysis
dc.typeConference Contribution
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Chesteren
dc.internal.reviewer-notePresentationen
html.description.abstractWhy 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.


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