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- Title
Pupils or prisoners? Institutional geographies and internal exclusion in UK secondary schools.
- Authors
Barker, John; Alldred, Pam; Watts, Mike; Dodman, Hilary
- Abstract
A growing interest in the geographies of schooling has led to an exploration of a variety of school spaces. An increasing number of secondary schools offer internal fixed-term exclusions so that temporary removal from school is not seen as ‘time off’ for students. This particular strategy has led to the creation of a new type of space in schools. Drawing upon research undertaken in a London secondary school, this paper explores the geography of these new secluded spaces. We highlight that the configuration of physical space in Seclusion Units and the regulation of spatial practices create highly controlled and segregated spaces of punishment. We explore the powerful transformative effects of these spaces to change students' behaviour, social interaction and attitudes to learning. However, rather than simply creating docile subjects, we recognise that domination is never complete and we explore the extent and the limit of student resistance to the discipline and control of the Seclusion Unit.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; GEOGRAPHY education; SECONDARY education; SOCIAL interaction; SOCIAL psychology
- Publication
Area, 2010, Vol 42, Issue 3, p378
- ISSN
0004-0894
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1475-4762.2009.00932.x