Pedagogy of Place focuses on the embodiment of purposefully created space resulting from the creation and enactment of its participants cultural and social conditions. It is also about education, the purposeful creation of spaces that comprise learning environments, and the aesthetic dimensions of the created space called school. The essays present the concept of space the place where learning happens and where the lives of student and teacher can thrive or wither a place rich in human potential. In an attempt to address the diversity of what we define as space, Pedagogy of...

Acts of Alignment talks of the aspirations and desires of women in higher education in the fields of mathematics and science; of their journey to wholeness and excellence that comes from having the choice and flexibility to create and change their roadmaps at will and thus succeed in a world in which the accepted way of knowing has been different from theirs. This book analyzes women s alignment of their environment, visions, and missions in life. Using the voices of women, this book explores the motivations, competence, and self-perceptions of women and the equality of opportunity...

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.