Folklorists of Educational Spaces: Material Lore in Classrooms With and Without Walls.

Merkel, Cecilia

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ERIC Number: EJ588257

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Publication Date: 1999

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Folklorists of Educational Spaces: Material Lore in Classrooms With and Without Walls.

Merkel, Cecilia

Library Trends, v47 n3 p417-38 Win 1999

Discusses the relationship between people and the spaces that they inhabit on a college campus. A folklorist approach to the study of space examines the way people shape space through their practices and the way space shapes people's practices, particularly concerning the movement toward classrooms without walls. Contains 65 references. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Campus Planning, Classroom Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Folk Culture, Higher Education, Interior Space, Space Utilization

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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