Based on the findings of a comprehensive survey of Hawaii's public school system, educational specifications are presented for the Hahaione Valley area elementary schools. The educational specifications are organized into separate sections for each subject area. (FS)

This article describes a school which is the product of architectural design evolving from educational specifications. The building demonstrates the relationship of pupil learning to the component systems of the building design. Brief explanations and illustrations (from the planning and design stage) are made for an instructional materials…

Recommendations and suggestions, as well as statutory provisions and state board regulations, are presented regarding school building construction in Idaho. The material is organized into the following sections--(1) school building planning, (2) the school site, (3) construction planning and requirements, (4) secondary school planning, (5)…

Reported are results of a project carried out at the Swedish Institute for the Handicapped to determine needs of the visually impaired in the planning and adaptation of buildings and other forms of physical environment. Chapter 1 considers implications of impaired vision and includes definitions, statistics, and problems of the visually impaired…

This document relates specifically to the problem of requesting, justifying, and receiving state general funds and construction bond dollars as required by the 13 community colleges in Oregon. The problem is to determine a method of distribution of state general fund dollars and construction bond dollars that will meet the currently projected…

In recent times, adequate space for education has become critical and fewer dollars are available for new school construction. Recently built facilities are sometimes overcrowded and often lack the flexibility to respond to new concepts of educational programing. As a result, planners are turning to other means for solving critical space needs…

Cuesta College's Learning Center is designed to totally support the instructional methods of each instructor, to meet the individual learning and study needs of each student, and to provide cultural and educational resource opportunities to the community. The facility is to be a traditional library, whose total media storage and retrieval capacity…

Air structures have developed through a number of significant stages: military applications, conventional standard air structures (the "bubbles"), exhibition structures, and permanent building applications. With no other type of structure is it possible to obtain clear, widespan coverage of almost unlimited areas, additional ceiling clearance for…

This paper, based on a Society for College and University Planning conference, outlines some of the alternatives and procedures for effective utilization, modernization, and renovation of existing space at institutions of higher education. Various options to alleviate the need for new campus construction are presented with examples of…

Guidelines for the choice of site, layout, and design of polytechnic institutes at the post-secondary level are presented in this UNESCO manual issued in 1972. The purpose is to provide information for use in the erection of functionally appropriate and economically viable buildings. The manual is composed of eight chapters, mostly relating to…

This monograph, interdisciplinary in scope, is a narrative and photographic account of some seventeen facilities existing for child care in Europe. It presents prototype plans, diagrams and pictures of playrooms and playgrounds in day nurseries, nursery schools, playgrounds, and recreation centers in London, England; Copenhagen, Denmark; Stockholm…

This speech discusses security measures that could be implemented in school buildings to reduce vandalism and its associated costs. Some suggested methods for reducing vandalism include (1) employment of security guards, (2) 24-hour deployment of custodial staff, (3) installation of unbreakable doors and tamper-proof locks, and (4) use of an…

This study has been prepared to set out some of the benefits and the problems involved in the use of air-supported structures. Also indicated are the types of inquiries that should be made when the use of such structures is being considered. Technical and engineering details, such as the properties of various fabrics, are not included. (Author)

THE FIELD OF SCHOOL PLANT PLANNING RESEARCH WAS SURVEYED TO DETERMINE THE SOURCES OF RESEARCH MATERIALS. THE SOURCES INCLUDED (1) DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS, (2) LIBRARIES AND COLLECTIONS, AND (3) PERIODICAL LITERATURE. THE STUDY FOCUSED ON SCHOOL FACILITIES AS THEY RELATE TO THE LEARNING PROCESS. SINCE LIBRARY COLLECTIONS WERE FOUND INADEQUATE, IT…

This is a collection of six papers concerning teachers as innovators. The first is entitled, "The Types of Environment Most Likely to Favour the Active and Effective Participation of Teachers in Educational Innovation." It is concerned with the commitment of the teacher to permanent participation in the adaptation of the education system…