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Peer reviewedGordon, Tuula; Lahelma, Elina – Gender and Education, 1996
The significance of a school's physical environment is explored through a discussion of a metaphor used by some students in a study in Finland and England in which students characterized their schools. The "ant's nest" metaphor communicates the lack of spatial and embodied autonomy that students experience in school. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBain, Bruce – Integrated Education, 1982
Holds that, in Canada, educational achievement inequalities are erroneously attributed to language disadvantage rather that to the power implications imposed on languages by social-psychological relationships. Examines several countries' experiences with bilingual education, and stresses that children should master their native language before…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education
