ABSTRACT
This chapter explores two forms of materiality - buildings and bodies - that, on the face of it, have relatively little in common. Learning can clearly take place in locations with only the most basic facilities - as the makeshift school buildings in refugee camps, such as those that were established in Calais in France in 2015, attest. While less relevant to research on aspects of school buildings such as ventilation and lighting, the actions of teachers can have an important mediating effect on the impact of other physical features such as school design and room layout on students' behaviour. There is certainly evidence that, across many countries, school buildings have played an important role in facilitating policy change within education. In the 20th century, school buildings assumed an essential role in the realisation of key policy objectives with respect to educational expansion.
