Hi All,
It wasn't immediately clear to me whether your student was interested in
"appropriate places for studying" or, more narrowly, "appropriate places
for him to study".
Working with Community Education Staff some years ago, I learned that
some of their clients - usually mature women learners - found studying
at home a very threatening experience as their partners, concerned that
the women were seeking to better themselves and might become
dissatisfied with their lot, physically and verbally attacked and abused
these women, often damaging or destroying their study materials too.
These accounts, told in graphic detail, certainly made me aware that
some study environments aided concentation and focus more than others.
Best wishes,
Isabelle
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Isabelle B Pottinger
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Heriot-Watt University
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Edinburgh
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From: learning development in higher education network
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Sent: 07 December 2006 11:59
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Subject: Research on locations for study
Hi all,
I've had a rather unusual, but interesting request from a student. He is
compiling a reflective learning journal and was wondering if there had
been any research done on "appropriate places for studying" ie anything
that proved that some environments aided concentration and focus more
than others. I'm presuming by "places" he means study centres,
libraries, individual study rooms etc.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks and early season's greetings to all!
Sarah
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