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Lewis, Philip – Nat Sch, 1969
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classrooms, Doors, Educational Facilities
PDF pending restorationBRUBAKER, CHARLES WILLIAM – 1967
THE PAPER DISCUSSES AND CITES EXAMPLES OF INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES. FOLDING AND MOVABLE WALLS CAN NOW ACCOMMODATE SMALL, MEDIUM, AND LARGE GROUPS. ATTRACTIVE ECONOMICS CAN BE GAINED BY LARGE GROUP INSTRUCTION. RECENTLY ETV, DIAL ACCESS, OTHER MEDIA, AND COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION HAVE CHALLENGED LARGE GROUP…
Descriptors: Building Innovation, Classroom Design, Economics, Educational Innovation
Sheehan, Robert; Day, David E. – Day Care and Early Education, 1975
Results of a study on physical space, materials, and activities of children and adults are used as the basis for suggestions for arrangements of physical space conducive to stimulating growth-producing behaviors of children in preschools and day care centers. (ED)
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Design, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Carmichael, Lucianne B. – Learning, 1980
Teachers are responsible for making sure that classroom space is used in the most effective manner. Ways in which a group of teachers cooperated to change a dreary, cramped old school into an exciting learning environment are described. (JN)
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Improvement
Download full textChoudhury, N. K. D. – 1974
This study concerns the diffraction of sound around flexible partitions used in teaching spaces. It includes a comprehensive study of the acoustical conditions in several school buildings in India, Malaysia, Singapore, and Sri Lanka. The noise reduction properties of some typical partitions the minimum height of the partition between two teaching…
Descriptors: Acoustic Insulation, Acoustical Environment, Acoustics, Architectural Research
Engel, Brenda S. – 1973
With the advent of the informal or open classroom, a new area of concern has become important--classroom arrangement. In the past, classrooms were oriented toward the front, toward the teacher's desk and the blackboard. Education depended mainly on the pupil's interaction with the teacher and with printed materials. Nowadays, in informal…
Descriptors: Art Materials, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classrooms
Gores, Harold B. – Journal of American Institute of Architects, 1963
School design innovations which are presently realized or anticipated in response to changing demands on the educational process are discussed. Major topics include independent study, variety and flexibility in school spaces, school atmosphere, sound control and carpeting. New approaches in school building design are related to changes which are…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Audiovisual Aids, Building Innovation, Carpeting
Wakefield, Howard E. – 1968
These references on flexible educational facilities are abstracted by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Facilities. College material includes an experimental learning center, a college health center, a fine arts center, and university library design. References on schools include secondary school design, flexible high school design, standard…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Auditoriums, Building Design, Building Innovation
