"School Is Like an Ant's Nest:" Spatiality and Embodiment in Schools.

Gordon, Tuula; Lahelma, Elina

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ERIC Number: EJ537057

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Publication Date: 1996

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"School Is Like an Ant's Nest:" Spatiality and Embodiment in Schools.

Gordon, Tuula; Lahelma, Elina

Gender and Education, v8 n3 p301-10 Oct 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, Institutional Characteristics, Metaphors, Physical Environment, Psychological Needs, School Space, Spatial Relationship (Facilities), Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Finland; United Kingdom (England)

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