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Nicholas Stock – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2024
This article begins by considering the radical changes that occurred in architecture throughout the twentieth century due to the influence of Le Corbusier and the ensuing movement of modernism. Though the building of schools was embroiled in this architectural movement, the classrooms within them remained broadly the same as they had been in the…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Research, Classrooms, Lighting
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Sarah T. Zipf; Leqi Li; Gala Campos Oaxaca; Crystal M. Ramsay – Innovative Higher Education, 2025
Historically, classrooms have utilized stationary furniture, facing front toward a centralized instructor position, and limiting student-to-student interactions. Such classrooms often stem from design processes that tend to focus on building codes and feedback from investors, architects, and planners, which leaves little input from instructors and…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Classroom Environment, Classroom Design, Space Utilization
Kentucky Department of Education, 2022
Kentucky Administrative Regulation 705 KAR 4:231, general program standards for secondary career and technical education (CTE) programs, states that all CTE facilities shall be of adequate size to accommodate the work of their respective program(s). The material within this resource guide is designed to aid school administrators, teachers, boards…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Facilities, Educational Facilities Planning, Educational Facilities Design
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Oliveras-Ortiz, Yanira; Bouillion, Dalane E.; Asbury, Lizzy – Journal of Education, 2021
Through a conceptual framework focused on student engagement, this article explores students' perceptions about the impact the design of learning environments has on student engagement. The current mixed-methods study was conducted at two Texas replacement elementary schools where the entire learning community, all teachers, administrators, staff,…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Westberg, Johannes – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2021
The physical environment in early childhood education and care is crucial. This paper examines the Swedish government's vision of preschool design in the welfare state of the 1970s and the conceptions of children and society upon which it was based. Presenting an investigation of reports, booklets, and study materials published by various branches…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Preschool Education, Educational Facilities Design
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Reinius, Hanna; Korhonen, Tiina; Hakkarainen, Kai – Learning Environments Research, 2021
This exploratory case study examined the kinds of activity that a 'deskless school" (i.e., flexible physical school spaces) engenders among pupils and teachers. We also considered the meaning and significance that pupils and teachers attach to various features of the school, as well as the associated action possibilities. The data were…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Classroom Design, School Space, Space Utilization
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French, Raechel; Imms, Wesley; Mahat, Marian – Improving Schools, 2020
This article explores the characteristics of a successful transition of a school from traditional classrooms to an innovative learning environment. Many schools today are converting traditional classrooms into spaces which are flexible, supporting a wide array of teaching and learning possibilities (i.e. an 'innovative learning environment').…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Classroom Environment, Classroom Design, Space Utilization
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Lai, Chun; Huang, Yvonne Xianhan; Lam, Tungfei – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2020
Understanding the relationship between innovative learning spaces and teachers' pedagogical and social practices is essential given the increasing investment in innovative learning spaces worldwide. This study examined the socio-spatial practices of a group of teachers at a secondary school in an innovative learning space. Interview responses from…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Environment, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Scott-Webber, Lennie; Konyndyk, Roger; Denison, Marilyn – Journal of Education and Learning, 2019
New evidence builds upon the Student Engagement IndexTM and Teacher Engagement IndexTM research (Scott-Webber, Konyndyk, & French, 2019; Scott-Webber, Konyndyk, French, & French, 2018; Scott-Webber, Konyndyk, French, Lembke, & Kinney, 2017) determining post-occupancy answers to, "Can we demonstrate that the design of the built…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Physical Environment, School Buildings, Educational Facilities Design
Aslan, Sinem; Reigeluth, Charles M.; Mete, Sinem Emine – Educational Technology, 2016
In this article, the authors start with a description of the learner-centered paradigm of education. The key tenets of the paradigm are outlined as: Competency-based student progress, competency-based student assessment and records, personal learning plans, project-based learning, just-in-time instructional support, student as self-directed…
Descriptors: Classrooms, Classroom Design, Classroom Techniques, Active Learning
Demski, Jennifer – Campus Technology, 2011
The "sage on a stage" is looking increasingly like a potted plant. While there will always be a role for a great teacher who can command a room, colleges and universities today are putting greater emphasis on student collaboration, small work groups, and interactive learning. Unfortunately, the classrooms of yesterday, with their focus on a single…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Furniture, Classroom Design, Cooperative Learning
Kim Hassell, – American School & University, 2011
Classroom design for the 21st-century learning environment should accommodate a variety of learning skills and needs. The space should be large enough so it can be configured to accommodate a number of learning activities. This also includes furniture that provides flexibility and accommodates collaboration and interactive work among students and…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Classroom Design, Furniture, Educational Environment
Moretti, Richard D.; Conte, Philip R. – Educational Facility Planner, 2012
The Seaford School District, Seaford, Delaware, determined that a component of their "reinvention" of Seaford High School would be the creation of a New Tech Academy, affiliated with the New Tech Network and housed in an addition to that building. The New Tech Network, headquartered in Napa, California, is a rapidly growing association…
Descriptors: High Schools, Facility Expansion, Educational Facilities Planning, Educational Facilities Design
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Weaver, Barbara – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2009
What should a campus do when it needs more learning spaces but can't construct new buildings? Dr. Benjamin Sill's first task when he became the director of Clemson University's general engineering program was to find space for classrooms and for the advising program. His search ended in the old YMCA building (Holtzendorff Hall), where space was…
Descriptors: Recreational Facilities, Building Conversion, Facility Improvement, Space Utilization
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O'Mahony, Carolyn; Siegel, Suzanne – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2008
Many elementary school teachers with a passion for teaching social studies are finding that the administratively defined time for direct instruction in social studies is becoming increasingly restricted. Fortunately for the teacher who is convinced that social and civic education should be at the center of the elementary school curriculum, where…
Descriptors: Elementary School Curriculum, Physical Environment, Elementary School Teachers, Social Studies
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