title: Residential schools as powerful environments.
abstract: This article attempts to make a preliminary classification of some of the theoretical material published in the last two decades which led to the emergence of a new area in educational research, that of residential education. This has come in response to the increasing frequency of placement in residential settings as a means of educating adolescents.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004493:Education; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D010379:Peer Group; D012112:Residential Facilities; D012380:Role; D012574:Schools; D012925:Social Conformity; D012931:Social Environment; D012951:Socialization