ABSTRACT
Classrooms are spaces that become meaningful places that shape and are shaped by students. A sense of place, that is, what makes a place meaningful to a person, is much more than inhabiting a space. Places, especially those that are good places, are full of meaning, and they give people feelings of safety, security, social affiliation, and belonging and are enabled or constrained by their social structures and available relationships. Drawing from an ethnographic study in a grade 3 classroom, this chapter explores how classrooms can become good places for students and, thus, how good places facilitate student consent for learning.
