The UK Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) as an illustration of Baudrillard's hyperreality

John Canning

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Abstract

This article examines the 'Teaching Excellence Framework' (TEF) for UK universities through the lens of Jean Baudrillard's concept of hyperreality. I argue that the TEF is a hyperreal simulacrum, a sign which has no traceable genealogy to the practice of learning and teaching.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)319-330
JournalDiscourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education
Volume40
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Apr 2017

Bibliographical note

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education on 19/04/2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01596306.2017.1315054

Keywords

  • Baudrillard
  • Teaching Excellence Framework
  • hyperreality
  • teaching quality

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