The jouissance of learning: Evolutionary musings on the pleasures of learning in higher education

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 375-386

  Clayton, Ben ^a   Beard, Colin ^b   Humberstone, Barbara ^a   Wolstenholme, Claire ^b  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higher education; Jouissance; Learning; Musings; Positive emotions

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249146075     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562510903050129     Document Type: Article

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