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Title: Pupils or prisoners? Institutional geographies and internal exclusion in UK secondary schools
Authors: Barker, J
Alldred, P
Watts, DM
Dodman, H
Keywords: School;Young people;Discipline;Punishment;Exclusion
Issue Date: 2010
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Citation: Area, 42(3), 378 - 386, 2010
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.
Description: This is the accepted version of the following article: Barker, J., Alldred, P., Watts, M. and Dodman, H. (2010), Pupils or prisoners? Institutional geographies and internal exclusion in UK secondary schools. Area, 42: 378–386, which has been published in final form at the link below. Copyright © 2010 The Authors.
URI: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-4762.2009.00932.x/abstract
http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/8166
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4762.2009.00932.x
ISSN: 0004-0894
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