Geographies of alternative education: Diverse learning spaces for children and young people

Geographies of alternative education: Diverse learning spaces for children and young people
ISBN-10
1447320514
ISBN-13
9781447320517
Category
Education
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2014-11-12
Publisher
Policy Press
Authors
Peter, Kraftl

Description

This book offers a comparative analysis of alternative education in the UK, focusing on learning spaces that cater for children and young people. It constitutes one of the first book-length explorations of alternative learning spaces outside mainstream education - including Steiner, human scale and forest schools, care farms and homeschooling.Based on original research with teachers, parents and young people at over 50 learning spaces, Geographies of alternative education demonstrates the importance of a geographical lens for understanding alternative education. In so doing, it develops contemporary theories of autonomy, emotion/affect, habit, intergenerational relations and life-itself. The book will appeal to academics and postgraduates in the fields of geography, sociology, education and youth studies. Given ongoing concerns about the state's role in providing children's education, and an increase in the number of alternative education providers in the UK and elsewhere, the book also highlights several critical questions for policy makers and practitioners.

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