Greg started following the work of Taylor Webb, University of British Columbia, Educational Studies.
Greg added a website.
Greg started following the work of Tobey Steeves, University of British Columbia, Centre for Cross-Faculty Inquiry in Education.
Faculty Member, School of Education
Lecturer and Secondary BEd Academic Chair
Thesis Title: The good student: subjectivities and power in secondary schools.
About
Greg Thompson is a Lecturer in the School of Education. Greg's work involves using qualitative research methods to investigate what schools are like for young people.
In particular, postmodern theories of education are used to ask questions about 'commonsense' notions of schooling that have often been taken for granted. This has led to studies that have addressed discourses of connectedness in secondary schools and visions of the good student in secondary schools. Currently Greg is interested in the increasing emphasis placed on high stakes testing in the name of accountability in Australian schools.
Greg is also interested in applying postmodern theories of education to schools to bring about ontological and epistemological change.
