Journeys to school are important time and space transitions between homes and schools for children worldwide. This book comprises various chapters providing insights into children's experiences of this essential aspect of their lives and schooling experience. From an interdisciplinary and intercultural perspective, leading international scholars focus on how children from very different contexts travel between their homes and their schools and how this transitional space impacts their daily lives and interactions with their environment. The way to and from school becomes a third place for some children who develop meaningful social and environmental relationships, mix up with children who belong to different groups, learn, relax, and so on. Studies from a wide range of disciplines and using different methods have highlighted benefits and risks related to children's journey to school, providing insightful data regarding modes of transportation, health and wellbeing issues, school organisation and legislation, safety or urban development, and so on.

About the Author

Zoe Moody is Professor at the University of Teacher Education Valais and Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Children's Rights Studies, University of Geneva.

Ayuko Berchtold-Sedooka, PhD, is Research Associate at the Centre for Children's Rights Studies, University of Geneva, and Expert in educational resource production, at education21.

Sara Camponovo, PhD, is Research Associate at the Centre for Children's Rights Studies, University of Geneva.

Philip D. Jaffe is Professor at the Centre for Children's Rights Studies, University of Geneva,
and a member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Fre de ric Darbellay is Associate Professor at the University of Geneva and Head of the Inter- & Transdisciplinarity Unit at the Centre for Children's Rights Studies.

Reviews

"The book's multidisciplinary approach in studying children's school journeys around the world produces rich and exciting new knowledge on children's autonomous mobility whilst also attesting to the multidimensionality of their lives within this everyday transitional space of theirs" -Leena Alanen, Professor Emerita (Early Childhood Education), Department of Education, Associate Professor/Docent (Sociology), Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.

"This book provides a theoretically and empirically nuanced exploration of the school journey that the contributors highlight with carefully crafted analyses through children's own voices and experiences. Exploring the school journey as a transitional or third space, the book greatly enriches our understanding of a key but often neglected aspect of children's daily lives and well-being" -Spyros Spyrou, Professor of Anthropology, European University Cyprus.

"School Journey as a Third Place; Theories, Methods, and Experiences around the World" is a book focusing on the topic of the journey of children between home and school. The book underlines that the way between school and home can be perceived as the "third place", as a transition space, potentially having an impact on the children's experience, well-being, feelings, and development. The book also presents the impact of spatial design, safety, disability, and parents' fears on the choice of the mode of travel and the experiences of children. The authors focus on the social, cultural, psychological, and educational aspects of being in the third place. They argue that the way between home and school can be a space, where children find their independency and create relationships with the environment. Sometimes it can be a positive experience, enriching the growth of the child, however, it can also be a space of fear and danger.-Katarzyna Soszynska, Language, Discourse & Society, vol. 11, no. 1(21), 2023.

Book Information
ISBN 9781839986314
Author Zoe Moody
Format Hardback
Page Count 268
Imprint Anthem Press
Publisher Anthem Press
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 153mm * 26mm