Spinning in the NAPLAN Ether: ‘Postscript on the Control Societies’ and the Seduction of Education in Australia

Deleuze and Guattari Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 564-584

  Thompson, Greg ^a   Cook, Ian ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

control society; Deleuze; high stakes testing; modulation; NAPLAN; teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878260740     PISSN: 23989777     EISSN: 23989785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/dls.2012.0083     Document Type: Article

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