Discusses how to create classroom study areas and presents ideas for including game tables, magic carpet areas, and media corners. (JMB)

Presents 20 ways to think about learning centers in the classroom and suggests ideas for developing and using such centers. (JMB)

Children in crowded classrooms need private uninhabited space to think, work, read, confer quietly or wonder. Suggestions were offered for utilizing available areas that can be turned into private working spaces for students. (Author/RK)

In recent years there has been an increased emphasis on the design of classrooms so that instructional technologies will enhance the learning environment. Good design does not happen accidentally, and when classroom designs are in the planning stages, the first priority should be the needs of the students. This paper will discuss classroom design…

This book addresses the issue of classroom organization in primary education, explaining evidence that it asserts should prompt primary schools to re-think the contexts in which children are expected to concentrate and learn. New ways of arranging classrooms are illustrated through case studies of teachers who take a flexible and strategic…

This paper presents the results of a two-part study that investigated classroom seating design preferences among elementary classroom teachers. In part one, the researchers mapped and classified seating arrangements that were in actual use across 294 regular classrooms (grades K-5) in 21 public elementary schools. Subsequently, the researchers…

A discussion of the impact seating has on what learning occurs in the classroom. (Author/HB)

A new kind of school design will be required to accomodate the varied programs and variable sized groups in the non-graded school." (Author)

A setting needs to be developed in the classroom in which the child will be stimulated mentally, physically, and emotionally to broaden his horizons. Only in this way can a child's interest in learning be kept alive. (CK)

Description of a new junior high school industrial arts facility contains a line drawing and photographs. (GR)

A brief discussion of the new facilities required by learner-oriented education. (AA)

Describes new, multi-purpose furniture designed for schools in Jefferson County, Colorado. Cube chairs and slab tables allow great flexibility in open design schools. (DE)