Geographies of Alternative Education

Diverse Learning Spaces for Children and Young People

Peter Kraftl

Geographies of Alternative Education
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Peter Kraftl

Distributed for Policy Press at the University of Bristol

272 pages | 6 x 9
Cloth $110.00 ISBN: 9781447300496 Published July 2013 For sale in North and South America only
One of the first book-length explorations of alternative learning spaces outside mainstream education, Geographies of Alternative Education offers a comparative analysis of alternative education in the UK, focusing on learning spaces that cater to children and young people. Using original research conducted at over fifty learning spaces, it demonstrates the importance of a geographical lens for understanding alternative education. In doing so, it develops new theories on autonomy, emotion and affect, intergenerational relations, and a number of other topics.
Rachel Pain, University of Durham
"An outstanding critical analysis of youth policy that puts geography centre-stage. Drawing on diverse case studies, the book interweaves theory and practice—listening to and informing practitioner, academic and young people's perspectives."
Stuart C. Aitken, San Diego State University
"Kraftl and his colleagues bring together a fine collection of essays that highlight the importance of scales, spaces, places and networks to the ways in which policies about young people are created and put into practice. At its core, this book is about the relevance of studying children's geographies. It adds an important policy dimension to the growing literature on children's geographies, arguing that discourses on policy are almost always spatialized. One of the most exciting aspects of this book comes from a focus in some chapters on how policy can take place through the agency of young people. "
Tracey Skelton, National University of Singapore
"How a nation treats its youth determines how those young people will treat their nation. This skilfully edited text critically and theoretically interrogates the complex spatialities of youth and education policies; invaluable reading for those working with, and caring for, children and young people."
Contents

List of figures

Notes on author

Acknowledgements

 

1. Introduction

2. Conceptual frameworks: towards geographies of alternative education

3. Alternative learning spaces in the UK: background to the case studies used in this book

4. Connection/disconnection: positioning alternative learning spaces

5. Mess/order: materials, timings, feelings

6. Movement/embodiment: learning habits (I)

7. Inter/personal relations: scale, love and learning habits (II)

8. Towards the ‘good life’: alternative visions of learning, love and life-itself

9. Conclusion: geographies of alternative education and the value of autonomous learning spaces

 

References

Index

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