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Research-Teaching Linkages: Practice and Policy. Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference of the National Academy for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (3rd, Dublin, Ireland, November 11-12, 2009)
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Murphy, Jennifer, Ed.; Griffin, Carrie, Ed.; Higgs, Bettie, Ed. – National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2010
The third annual conference of the National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) was held at Trinity College Dublin on 11-12 November 2009, and was attended by over 300 delegates. The theme--"Research-Teaching Linkages: Practice and Policy"--was timely and generated some fascinating papers, workshops and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Health Promotion, Evidence, Program Effectiveness
Access to Recreation: A Report on the National Hearing on Recreation for Handicapped Persons for Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. Final Report.
Fay, Frederick A.; Minch, Janet – 1976
The report contains the information provided at the national hearing of the Architectural and Transportation Compliance Board regarding recreation for the handicapped. The bulk of the document consists of abstracts of testimony which included both written statements and cross examination questions from such individuals as John H. Davis, executive…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Building Design, Disabilities, Hearings
Activities in the Schools: A Snapshot Energy Seminar (Washington, DC, December 8-9, 1975).
Searl, Linda – 1975
Presented is a summary of a meeting of architects, college faculty, and government personnel convened to discuss the incorporation of energy conscious design considerations into college architectural programs. These seminar proceedings contain the text of the keynote address and summaries of 13 workshops and 2 panel presentations. Topics addressed…
Descriptors: Architectural Education, Architecture, Building Design, Building Innovation
Education and Training after the Compulsory Years: Buildings, Equipment and Links with Industry. Report of a Symposium Held in Espoo (Finland, May 14-17, 1990).
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Programme on Educational Building. – 1990
Trends in postcompulsory education are examined and strategies are suggested for effective provision of buildings and equipment in this summary of a symposium organized by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Programme on Educational Building and the Ministry of Education, Finland. Although participating countries'…
Descriptors: Building Design, Educational Facilities, Educational Facilities Planning, Equipment
Library Buildings, Equipment, and the ADA: Compliance Issues and Solutions. Proceedings of the Library Administration and Management Association Buildings and Equipment Section Preconference (New Orleans, Louisiana, June 24-25, 1993).
Cirillo, Susan E., Ed.; Danford, Robert E., Ed. – 1996
These proceedings are the record of the presentations and deliberations of a 1993 Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA) sponsored conference. The speakers at this conference provided insights into the conditions of disability explanations of the intent and the detail of the law, and techniques for meeting the needs of library…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Building Design, Disabilities, Furniture Arrangement
Creativity: The Arts and People with Disabilities: Proceedings of an International Conference (Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 20-21, 1980).
Courage Center, Minneapolis, Minn. – 1980
The document contains 10 papers from a conference designed to establish the relationship between individual creativity and personal development by demonstrating methods for stimulating creativity and the arts among people with disabilities. Entries include the following titles and authors: "The Sheltered Workshop as a Creative Enterprise" (L.…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Attitudes, Building Design, Commercial Art
The Quality of the Physical Environment of the School and the Quality of Education. Conclusions of a Seminar (Lidingo, Sweden, 17-21 October 1988).
Colven, Ronald – 1990
Proceedings of a meeting of representatives from 13 countries on the effect of the physical environment on educational quality are summaried. Three major issues are addressed: (1) the effect of the physical environment on education; (2) successful school building characteristics; and (3) what can be done to maintain and improve the quality of…
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Building Design, Building Plans, Educational Environment
Environmental Design: Research, Theory, and Application. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association (10th).
Seidel, Andrew D., Ed.; Danford, Scott, Ed. – 1979
The assembled collection contains research reports (with an abstract) and, in many cases, abstracts only of unpublished papers grouped under the following topics in environmental design: (1) perception and preference, (2) social-environmental issues, (3) urban environments, (4) housing and residential environments, (5) theory, (6) research…
Descriptors: Architectural Research, Building Design, Children, College Housing
Frontiers in Learning. The Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers Educational Conference and Annual Meeting Proceedings (83rd, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 21-23, 1996).
APPA: Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers, Alexandria, VA. – 1996
These 25 papers from a conference of higher education facilities offices are grouped into 5 categories: business management; energy and environment; human resources; operations and maintenance; and planning, design and construction. Papers are: (1) "Provider of Choice" (Jerry C. Black); (2) "Re-Engineering--'Inside-Inside' or Outside-Inside': A…
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Operation, Business Administration, College Buildings
American Nature Centers: Guidelines for Leadership in the Nineties. Proceedings of the Roger Tory Peterson Institutue of Natural History Confab (1989).
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Roger Tory Peterson Inst. of Natural History, Inc., Jamestown, NY. – 1990
This report describes a 1989 leadership round-table discussion at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute in New York, which promotes emotional and intellectual linkages between people, especially children, to nature. The document includes the keynote remarks of three speakers along with some administrative guidelines for nature centers. Conservation…
Descriptors: Architects, Building Design, Discovery Learning, Educational Facilities Design
An Outward-Looking Approach in Schools.
Clausen, Sten Krog – 1982
This report is based on the work of the international colloquy organized by the Council of Europe (Luxembourg, 1981). The aim of the colloquy was to explore how to foster an outward-looking approach in schools, and how to bring about a new approach to teaching man/environment relationships and ways in which people affect and are affected by their…
Descriptors: Building Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
Adaptability and Flexibility in Educational Facilities: Conclusions of a Seminar (Leicester, United Kingdom, June 19-22, 1989).
Clynes, Roger – 1990
The development of adaptable and flexible educational buildings and facilities to support changes in educational systems is the subject of this report. A summary of a seminar sponsored by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) comprises the first part of this report. Issues discussed include the nature of change and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Architectural Research, Building Design, Building Innovation