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Posts and Interviews about Educational Theory, Pedagogy and how they relate to school design and architecture

Mythologies of learning spaces in the time of Covid-19

The closure of many schools around the world in the past few months has given us a unique opportunity to … More

'Didactics' by Professor Catherine Burke

Mythologies of education in the time of Covid-19

This is a guest post by Catherine Burke, Professor Emerita of the History of Education at the University of Cambridge. … More

Designing therapeutic spaces in schools 5: the corridor and the cupboard, a case study

After several years of working with children in a busy primary school corridor, two teaching assistants trained in emotional literacy … More

comfort, confidentiality, privacy, safety, therapeutic spaces

Designing therapeutic spaces in schools 3: how to communicate safety, security and stability

It is important to be aware that open-plan formats are not that helpful for these pupils. Let’s recognise how that … More

acoustic privacy; visual privacy; comfort; access for all; safety; security; stability; Louise Bomber; Hertzberger, Mary Medd; time; freedom of movement;

Designing therapeutic spaces in schools 2: four principles supporting their success

As adults, were we to visit a therapist or counsellor, it would be hard to imagine sitting in an open-plan … More

safety; attachment; therapy rooms; therapeutic spaces; counselling; trust; rhythms; time; qualities of spaces

Designing therapeutic spaces in schools 1: an introduction

The design of spaces in schools for therapeutic purposes is the focus of this series of posts. These are spaces … More

architecture, attachment; therapy rooms; therapeutic spaces; safety, counselling; trust; qualities of spaces; inclusion; exclusion; isolation; educational psychology; emotional support;, design, education, School, space, UK

Barbarian Education, state-evading learning and James Scott’s “Against the Grain”

Some thoughts about education and James C. Scott’s ‘Against the Grain’.

Against the Grain, Barbarian education, James C. Scott
Scotland Street School Museum, Glasgow

A List of Museums of School, School Life and Education

A list – to be updated – of school museums (that is, museums of school life or buildings) in Europe and a few beyond.

Museums of Education, Museums of School
The Museum of School Life, Nerokourou, Crete

The Museum of School Life, Nerokourou, Crete

The old village primary school (1930-2000) in Nerokourou (Crete) is now the Museum of School Life (Μουσείο Σχολικής Ζωής) and striking for its reminders of the physicality of education and material technologies of teaching and learning.

Greece, Μουσείο Σχολικής Ζωής, Νεροκούρου, Museum of School Life Crete, Museums of Education, Museums of School, Nerokourou

An educational paradox: where beginner readers learn in school

As a collaborative* doctoral research student in the field of architecture and education, I’m often asked to explain what my … More

When School Architecture Meant System Architecture

In 1811, Joseph Lancaster publishes his Hints and Directions for Building, Fitting Up, and Arranging School Rooms, one of the … More

school architecture, system architecture

What are schools for? An interview with Gert Biesta on the learnification of school buildings and education.

Gert Biesta on school architecture and democracy, and learnification – a reductive reappraisal of education as learning.

architecture and language, classrooms, democracy, Gert Biesta, learnification, learning spaces

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