Portable, relocatable, and mobile classrooms are solving space problems for school officials. (Author)

We describe the development of a course to teach modeling and mathematical analysis skills to students of biology and to teach biology to students with strong backgrounds in mathematics, physics, or engineering. The two groups of students have different ways of learning material and often have strong negative feelings toward the area of knowledge…

The main aim of this article is to explore models of a teacher addressing a class sitting in a rectangular classroom or lecture theatre and derive central measures of the distance between the teacher and the class or between a lecturer and an audience. This involves an interesting range of mathematics and two metrics. A secondary aim is to discuss…

Presents responses from seven practicing teachers to the question, "How have you changed the physical environment within your classroom to create an optimal learning environment?" (HB)

Highlights the design of Ichthus College in Rotterdam that includes a glassy atrium lined with informal work spaces, offices, and classrooms. Photos and floor plans are included. (GR)

Explains why schools and universities should seek wide-ranging input to create labs specially designed for their science curriculum. Specific issues requiring attention are examined, such as equipping the lab, exhaust, classroom communication needs, and lab benches. (GR)

Public education is one of the central tasks of a democratic society, and the buildings that house this important task not only shape the way one teaches, but provide icons and symbols for the values people hold common as a society. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this context has placed school buildings squarely in a position of debate and innovation…

In the July 24, 2007 edition of "ExchangeEveryday", readers were asked to submit great indoor space elements from their early childhood programs. Readers sent photographs and brief descriptions of creative elements of their indoor environments. A sampling of ideas are shown on this article.

Discussion of urban school concepts is accompanied by individual illustrative sketches and diagrams. (1) good urban schools should harmonize with their setting, (2) an example of a two-story school whose classroom window orientation is directed toward a central court is shown, (3) an example of a three-winged school which provides every classroom…

This school has been made to answer, as far as possible, the specific demands of a non-traditional teaching system. Each classroom is considered and equipped as a complete unit, a house in itself. (CK)

Using current archeological jargon, contemporary school facilities are criticized. (LN)