The different models of education, the deinstitutionalisation of learning and their relationship with space
Abstract
This presentation uses the concept of the social production of space in combination with my experience as a mother of three school-age children, to examine the different philosophies on education, and the proposals for the de-institutionalisation of learning, by focusing on the dimension of space. In the dominant model, school arrangements are based on standardisation, on positioning similar spaces on a row, with minor contact with the external environment, where interaction between the members of the school community is discouraged and authoritative transmission of information is supported. In the alternative paradigm, a school environment that facilitates autonomous learning, initiative and creative cooperation is created, a place where bodily activities and a greater interaction with natural elements are supported. Finally, I explore the role of space in the de-institutionalisation of learning (deschooling), and the social meanings of a more autonomous and freer process, integrated in everyday life, in a model outside established norms and systems, and the perspectives possibly opening up for the future.
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- THEMATIC FIELD Ι Transformations of schools’ spaces and educational change
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