ERIC Number: EJ1128148
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 17
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Is There "Space" for International Baccalaureate? A Case Study Exploring Space and the Adoption of the IB Middle Year Programme
Monreal, Timothy
Current Issues in Comparative Education, v19 n1 p26-42 Fall 2016
Henri Lefebvre (1991) wrote, "[representational] space is alive: it speaks" (p. 42). This article explores how we might "listen" to space in education by examining the role of space in one school's decision to adopt the International Baccalaureate's Middle Years Programme [IB MYP]. It builds upon recent scholarship that applies spatial analysis to international education. Using a case study of one school, data was organized to Lefebvre's (1991) tripartite conception of space. The findings and analysis reveal that spatial factors played a significant role in one school's rationale for choosing the IB MYP. In adopting the program, the school (re)produced a distinctive, exclusive space. The research offers a model to visualize space in education, and it concludes by articulating additional paths for critical spatial research in education.
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Case Studies, Adoption (Ideas), Middle Schools, Semi Structured Interviews, Administrators, Content Analysis, School Space, Models
Teachers College, Columbia University. International and Transcultural Studies, P.O. Box 211, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027. e-mail: info@cicejournal.org; Web site: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/cice
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Carolina
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