Education and the Politics of Jabberwocky
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https://doi.org/10.11575/jet.v9i1.43755Résumé
This paper argues that the jargon, or jabberwocky, prevalent in education from the universities on down, is the same kind of political lying found in government, and for the same purposes. Whether conscious or not, the aim is to enact power plays to preserve the existing bureaucratic structure and maintain leadership in the hands of those now in control. School, whose avowed purpose is to influence thinking and alter behavior into channels deemed appropriate by those in authority, is a political arena, and educational jabberwocky is its most effective tool.
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