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Hutchins, Margaret P.; Renzaglia, Adelle – Exceptional Education Quarterly, 1983
Special learning environments for severely handicapped students can seldom be justified. Specially designed and often extravagantly costly physical space, which does not provide adequate opportunity for the generalization of functional skills to unmodified settings, should be viewed skeptically. The use of natural environments, without expensive…
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Design Requirements, Elementary Secondary Education
Sayre, Thomas H.; McKelvey, James B. – Exceptional Education Quarterly, 1983
A response to an article (EC 160 670) questioning the justification of special learning environments for severely handicapped persons comments on the importance of autonomy and choice--two features lacking in the traditional institutional environment. (CL)
Descriptors: Building Design, Design Requirements, Equipment, Normalization (Handicapped)
Preiser, Wolfgang F. E.; Taylor, Anne – Exceptional Education Quarterly, 1983
The concept of environmental design cybernetics is explained, and its use by special educators and architects in creating learning environments is discussed. A proposed habitability framework is defined, and its applications to buildings and building occupants/users are offered. Research on architectural design applied to special education…
Descriptors: Architects, Architectural Character, Building Design, Design Requirements
