Adapting and Designing Spaces: Children and their Schools

dc.creator	Andrea Kenkmann
dc.date	2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:11:33Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:11:33Z
dc.identifier	1855-9719
dc.identifier	2232-2647
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/df9c636aaf554faf85dbb8a9b828f004
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/14487
dc.description	In schools, children experience their environment on three different levels: firstly, they constantly make spatial decisions by positioning themselves in relation to others and organising their immediate environment; secondly, they can potentially contribute to shaping the classroom spaces; and, thirdly, they are confronted with the designed school as a whole.It is argued here that our experiences of spaces are related to our memories, which provide us with a framework of references that allows us to ‘read’ and construct spaces. Whereas on the lowest level of spatial involvement children are natural decision makers, the higher levels require access to, and an understanding of, shared practices and discourses. Although existing data on children’s perceptions of their schools suggest that children’s participation in the school design process is laudable for all sorts of reasons, such participation means overcoming considerable barriers for omparatively little gain in terms of the design quality. It is the level of the classroom where a more genuine shared organisation and (re)creation of space can take place on an everyday basis.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Slovene
dc.publisher	University of Ljubljana
dc.relation	http://www.cepsj.si/pdfs/cepsj_1_2/cepsj_1_2_pp011_kenkmann.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1855-9719
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2232-2647
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	CEPS Journal : Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 11-24 (2011)
dc.subject	Children
dc.subject	Participation
dc.subject	School design
dc.subject	Space
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Adapting and Designing Spaces: Children and their Schools
dc.type	article