Lindeboom, Willem Karst (2022) The long-term impact of school closure on a rural community in the Netherlands. Master thesis, Cultural Geography (CG).
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Abstract
This study researches the long-term impacts of school closure in a rural community in the Netherlands. Over the years school closure in rural areas has become a prevalent topic. When a primary school closes, a community loses a valuable facility. Not only is the school used for educational purposes, but often, the school is a primary meeting place in a village. This study is researches a community that experienced school closure nine years ago using in depth interviews. School closure is an impactful event, and to cope with the loss of a valuable place in the village certain conditions should be met to substitute for the loss of the school. The essential functions of the school for the community should be able to occur in a different place in the village. This place should be able to replace the school and thus ideally be publicly accessible. To counteract the loss of the school, active participation from community members is required. The eventual long-term impact of closure depends on how the community coped with closure, which is affected by the individual's sense of place and the sense of community in the village. The loss of the school was generally well coped with, although long-term residents still occasionally tend to miss the lively ambiance that children created in the village.
Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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Name supervisor: | Haartsen, T. |
Date Deposited: | 08 Mar 2023 12:47 |
Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2023 12:47 |
URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/218 |
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