Critical teachers as early adopters of technology : agency and structures of indifference in higher education Spratt, Christine. 2002, Critical teachers as early adopters of technology : agency and structures of indifference in higher education, Ph.D. thesis, School of Social and Cultural Studies in Education, Deakin University. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads spratt-criticalteachers-2002.pdf Connect to thesis application/pdf 37.15MB 361 Title Critical teachers as early adopters of technology : agency and structures of indifference in higher education Author Spratt, Christine. Institution Deakin University School School of Social and Cultural Studies in Education Faculty Faculty of Education Degree name Ph.D. Date submitted 2002 Keyword(s) Educational technology Teaching Teachers - Attitudes Education - Effect of technological innovations on Educational innovations Summary The thesis is a critical investigation of contemporary issues in the academy, information technologies, agency, structure and critical teaching. It argues that critical teachers as early adopters of technology are paradoxically reified and marginalised within the contemporary discourses of "flexibility" and "going online" and attendant organisational structures of indifference. Language eng Description of original v, 213 leaves ; 30 cm. Dewey Decimal Classification 371.10207 Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30023121 Document type: Thesis Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Social and Cultural Studies in Education Higher degree theses (Open Access) Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 12 Feb 2010, 07:19:45 EST Mon, 24 May 2010, 14:35:35 EST Thu, 10 Feb 2011, 13:20:40 EST Thu, 10 Feb 2011, 13:21:28 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 09:07:57 EST Wed, 08 Aug 2018, 12:47:26 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 19:08:00 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 474 Abstract Views, 362 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 12 Feb 2010, 07:19:45 EST