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The Deakin Experience

Discovering, Crafting, and Finessing a Critical Perspective With Which to Speak Back

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Education, Social Justice and the Legacy of Deakin University

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I will start at the beginning—even though I am sorely tempted to start from where I am at the moment and work backwards. There is a bit of history that is important to understanding my story.

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Smyth, J. (2011). The Deakin Experience. In: Tinning, R., Tinning, R., Sirna, K. (eds) Education, Social Justice and the Legacy of Deakin University. Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education, vol 76. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-639-7_14

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