Agency as dynamic and rhizomatic: An exploration of learner identities in two secondary classrooms

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Agency as dynamic and rhizomatic: An exploration of learner identities in two secondary classrooms

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This thesis is premised on “a politics of becoming” (Gowlett, 2013, p. 149), a Deleuzo-Guattarian notion which speaks to social justice research. Rather than a focus on reductionist reformist politics, I explore moments of possibility as lines of flight that disrupt dominant discourses. As outlined in the New Zealand Curriculum, New Zealand schools are charged with the task of strengthening students’ key competencies (Ministry of Education, 2007a) to lay a foundation for lifelong learning. Le...

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Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2014

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Charteris, Jennifer

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/8850

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agency / identities / poststructural / sociocultural / subjectivities / Butler / secondary / teaching / learning / post-structural / rhizome / Deleuze

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