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this is how we artistically visualise it.

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[EN] This study forms part of the project titled: “Aesthetic Quality Research of Three Valencian Schools”. Through it, one may perceive how the architecture, visual culture and daily aesthetics constitute a network that encompasses the conditions for a quality teaching`learning process. Therefore, the aesthetic experience is presented in a way to explore the daily school routine from an interactive perspective between one’s body and their environment. This research took place during 2016 at three schools located in Alicante (Spain). Those schools were chosen as being representative of diverse situations: a multicultural urban school a gypsy`ethnic background urban school and a transient`populated rural school. Overall, 309 students were included in this research. The objective of this research is to understand how the students relate to the educational environment and its elements. Additionally, this research aims to visualize the relation between one’s body and their environment, applying Educational Research Based on Visual Arts. Photographs are the means in which data is collected, subsequently conveying the students’ opinions. The results of this study transmit representations of the students’ embodiment in the classrooms, hallways, playgrounds, and so forth, expressed through the displayed drawings of floor plans and human figures in which the students identify themselves. Therefore, how and where the different tasks performed at schools are visualised, along with how one’s body relates to its surroundings and the surrounding elements. In summary, how the children relax, snack, play alone, play in teams, walk, listen, learn, work with peers, and address the classroom. The results will allow us to interrelate the school’s aesthetic aspects with the students’ behaviour and their physical movements