Manipulating the data: Teaching and NAPLAN in the control society

Discourse

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 129-142

  Thompson, Greg ^a   Cook, Ian ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cheating; control society; Deleuze and Guattari; high stakes testing; teachers' work; teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878223554     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2012.739472     Document Type: Article

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