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Educational Spaces and the ‘Whole Child’: A Spatial History of School Design, Pedagogy and the Modern Australian Nation

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posted on 2023-05-19, 14:35 authored by Healy, S, Katherine Darian-SmithKatherine Darian-Smith
This article combines perspectives from architectural history, educational history and social history to examine the development of Australian schooling in the 20th century, with a particular emphasis on the period following World War II to the 1970s. In these decades, there was increased interest in Australia and internationally in pedagogical approaches that embraced the development of the ‘whole’ child, and fresh ideas about the design of schools and classrooms, including specialised facilities, that emphasised the importance of space and place to learning. This article surveys the relevant if disparate historiography of education and design and provides an overview of the Australian school in the post-war period. It argues for greater historical recognition of the relationships between school design and pedagogy for understanding the history of educational policy and the experiences of schooling in modern Australia.

History

Publication title

History Compass

Volume

13

Issue

6

Pagination

275-287

ISSN

1478-0542

Department/School

College Office - College of Arts, Law and Education

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Place of publication

United Kingdom

Rights statement

Copyright 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Understanding Australia’s past

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