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Piro, Joseph M. – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2008
Michel Foucault's critical studies concerning regimes of power are of special interest when applied to architecture. In particular, he warned of the hazards of building surveillance into architectural structures for the purpose of monitoring people and took as his historical exemplar English philosopher Jeremy Bentham's "Panopticon," a structure…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Architecture, Social Behavior, Educational Philosophy
Thompson, Travis; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1996
The behavior of 80 individuals with mental retardation living in community residences was assessed to investigate the influence of architectural features identified with homelikeness. Results found that adaptive and maladaptive behavior covaried with homelikeness ratings. Associations between specific architectural features and the behavior of…
Descriptors: Adults, Architecture, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems