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Beyond the School Fence: Rethinking Urban Schools in the Twenty-first Century

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Schools have traditionally been black-boxed in urban planning, in Australia and elsewhere. During the twentieth century, the shaping of a “community within a community” that informed liberal educational thought materialised in campus-style schools that were exempted from local planning laws, contributed to sprawl and car dependency, and duplicated facilities provided by local authorities. Advocacy of compact city forms underpinning recent urban policy calls for a rethink by education and planning authorities of how schools engage with their urban surrounds. Focussing on Melbourne, Australia, this article discusses some challenges for the provision of schools and schooling in twenty-first century cities.

Source: Urban Policy and Research

DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2017.1310098

Authors: Ian McShane, Chris K. Wilson

Institution: RMIT University

Language: English

Topic: Urban Planning and Governance

Subfield: Urban Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funder: Australian Research Council