Pedagogy Oct 2012

Taking on “Best Practices”

Colin Irvine

Abstract

After establishing how and why managerialism has simplified and thus corrupted the concept of “best practices,” this essay draws on a literary critical theory to explore ways professors and administrators alike might engage in complex, scholarly discussions about the learning that occurs in and out of classrooms on college campuses.

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Pedagogy
Published
2012-10-01
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10.1215/15314200-1625226
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