Desire, Education and Teaching

Exploring the implications of a novel theory of educational desire on the prevailing modes of educational research and theory, this book contextualises the realm of education studies through the challenging philosophies and theories of Lacan, thereby providing a genuinely alternative approach to the study of education.

Håvard Åsvoll is a Professor in the Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Studies in Teacher Education, University of Inland Norway, Norway.

Preface PART 1 Introduction and theorising desire 1. Introduction 2. Towards a theory of desire in education and teaching 3. Narrowing the scope: The enjoyable desire 4. What forms could this desire take in education? 5. How, then, does one respond to desire? 6. Lacanian-oriented literature on teaching and education PART 2 Desire in teaching 7. Vignettes of desire in teaching Section 1 The dynamics of teachers discourse Section 2 The "fixation of the other" and "the appearances of disruptive real" in teacher practice Section 3 Remarks on vignetttes Section 4 Summary and reflection PART 3 Implications and reflections on desire for educational theory and practice 8. Implications for theory: Theory as different modes of the gaze 9. Implications for teaching 10. Concluding considerations: Desire as the revitalising education and teacher practice