'Territorialising' the primary school playground: Deconstructing the geography of playtime

Children's Geographies

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-78

  Thomson, Sarah ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Physical range; R. d. sack; School playground; Space; Spatial control; Territorialisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646445843     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280500037224     Document Type: Article

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