Creating a Sense of Place in School Environments

Name: Creating a Sense of Place in School Environments
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Creating a Sense of Place in School EnvironmentsHow Young Children Construct Place Attachment\nAuthor(s): Sun-Young Rieh\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138339002, 978-1138339002\nSynopsis\nCreating a Sense of Place in School Environments guides its readers to the characteristics that tend to generate a sense of place through childrens vivid descriptions of their school and provides a body of critical information that can be employed to design a better school environment that can imprint cherished childhood memories. \n\nThe childhood school environment calls for special attention regarding the sense of place it creates. The sense of place in childhood both affects children's current quality of life and frames their lasting world view. It is well known that children's cognitive development is closely related to their place attachment to their surroundings, and that childrens adaptation to a given environment dep.