Invisible elements of the social space of school

This article is the result of the author’s search for such a research category that will
make it possible to show the multidimensionality, complexity and enigmatic nature of the
social space of school and especially those elements that are hidden and invisible to the naked
eye. The first part of the article is an attempt to show some examples of the scientific research
for hidden, non-obvious elements of the school space. The author cites studies focusing on
the analysis of school climate, its organizational culture and thehidden curriculum. The
second part of the text is a proposal of a juxtaposition and simultaneous search for
relationships between the concepts of “social space,” “invisible environment” and “a
symbolic institution,” which seem to provide the fullest view of what is concealed and
invisible, and at the same time the most important in the school reality.