Teaching bodies/learning desire: Rethinking the role of desire in the pedagogic process

Pedagogy, Culture and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-124

  Watkins, Megan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desire; Habitus; Learning; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349109607     PISSN: 14681366     EISSN: 17475104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681360802142047     Document Type: Article

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