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Daniels, Harry; Tse, Hau Ming; Stables, Andrew; Cox, Sarah – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2019
This paper explores the influences of design on the perceptions and actions of students and teachers at four UK secondary schools. Typical post occupancy evaluations focus on environmental issues such as acoustics, lighting and temperature, using predominantly quantitative methods that often fail to explore how different environmental and social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Hill, Jon T. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This qualitative phenomenological case study investigated the role of the superintendent in the design of schools. Superintendents wear many hats, which require them to be a listener, communicator, facilitator, manager, instructional leader, and planner (Copeland, 2013). Communicating with the constituents is essential and is synonymous with the…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Educational Facilities Design, Phenomenology, Qualitative Research
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Wee, Bryan; Mason, Hillary; Abdilla, Jason; Lupardus, Randi – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2018
This study explored educators' perceptions of green school practices in the USA using an online survey to address the larger issue of what it means to be "green" in an educational context. A total of 93 green schools from 27 states in the USA returned a completed survey. SPSS was used to analyze educators' perceptions of green school…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Environmental Education, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
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Janssen, Fred J. J. M.; Könings, Karen D.; van Merriënboer, Jeroen J. G. – European Journal of Education, 2017
Many educational change proposals, designed to improve student learning, fail to be implemented in classrooms, which is a threat to the impact of educational policy on educational practice. This has led to a call for participatory educational design in which different stakeholders are involved in the generation and consideration of alternative…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Usability, Instructional Design
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Daniels, Harry; Tse, Hau Ming; Stables, Andrew; Cox, Sarah – Oxford Review of Education, 2017
In this paper we present the findings of an investigation into the ways in which the discourses and practices of school design produce educational spaces which influence the discourses and practices of teaching and learning when the building is occupied. It expands notions of post occupancy evaluation (POE) research by exploring how the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Facilities Design, Secondary Schools, Building Design
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Baril, Kathleen; Kobiela, Kelly – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2017
Libraries, long the heart of academic life, nonetheless have been perceived as a passive space for physical resources and quiet study. Changes in the dissemination of information, as well as teaching and learning methods that focus on high-impact practices, have driven library staff to reimagine the physical buildings of libraries. To meet the new…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Facilities, Educational Facilities Improvement, Undergraduate Students
Lynch, Matthew – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017
In this age of education innovation and reform, schools must evolve and react to current policy trends. This accessible book offers research-based insights into six key educational trends and issues that are impacting K-12 learning today: year-round schooling, assessments, educating minorities, anti-intellectualism, issues of social promotion and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Trends, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Marguerite Koole; Jordan Epp; Kerry Anderson; Robert Hepner; Mohammad Hossain – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2017
Many educators view makerspaces as a means of increasing student engagement in K-12 classrooms. As faculty and staff of the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan, we have noted low comfort levels in using and experimenting with technology. For this reason, we decided to create a place in which pre-service teachers could test and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Shared Resources and Services, Educational Facilities Design
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Nordquist, Jonas; Fisher, Kenn – Understanding Teaching-Learning Practice, 2018
This chapter addresses the topic of aligning physical learning spaces with contemporary curricula in medicine and health professions education on university campuses. It is argued that the design of physical learning spaces is more important than ever at a time of an increased use of virtual learning approaches and a rapidly changing health…
Descriptors: School Space, Blended Learning, Medical Education, Allied Health Occupations Education
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Whettingsteel, Emma; Oliver, Rhonda; Tiwari, Reena – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2020
Sense of belonging is a fundamental human need that can affect long term education and health outcomes. It can also be impacted by the design of the built environment, in this case by the interior design of boarding schools. Within the emerging literature pertaining to experiences of boarding school for Aboriginal students in Australia, issues of…
Descriptors: Group Membership, Interpersonal Relationship, Indigenous Populations, Minority Group Students
Region 14 Comprehensive Center, 2023
In 2023, the U.S. Department of Education announced the "Raise the Bar: Lead the World" initiative to use decades of research and professional experience to transform public education and advance education equity. There are three focus areas: (1) Achieve Academic Excellence; (2) Boldly Improve Learning Conditions; and (3) Create Pathways…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Change, Public Education, Equal Education
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Giering, Judith A.; Fitzgerald, Hope – Journal of Teaching and Learning with Technology, 2019
In 2015, language faculty and administrators at the University of Virginia met to evaluate the needs of the more than 20 language programs offered on campus. A priority emerged for language-learning space better equipped to facilitate authentic interaction and communication. The committee conceived of an alternative language-learning space that…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Activities, Cooperative Learning
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Arch, Xan; Gilman, Isaac – College & Research Libraries, 2019
For many first-generation college students, traditional academic culture and structures can create barriers to their engagement on campus and academic success. To ensure that academic libraries are not also presenting unnecessary challenges to these students, first-generation needs and expectations should be important considerations in library…
Descriptors: Academic Support Services, First Generation College Students, Library Services, Interdisciplinary Approach
Barthell, John F.; Simmons, Charlotte K.; Youngblood, Karen – Metropolitan Universities, 2018
For over a decade, the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) has been engaged in defining its role within the Oklahoma City (OKC) Metropolitan Area. By 2013, an enhanced physical presence developed for UCO within OKC itself, including the creation of the Academy of Contemporary Music and the CHK|Central Boathouse. Afterwards, and in accordance with…
Descriptors: College Role, Urban Schools, Educational Improvement, Strategic Planning
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Kirschner, Paul A.; Stoyanov, Slavi – Educational Policy, 2020
In today's and tomorrow's world, people will be required to work longer. At the same time, their employment future will become increasingly insecure due to technological advances and obsolescence of acquired knowledge and skills. This means that something needs to happen in the education and training of our youth. Using a group concept mapping…
Descriptors: Occupations, Technological Advancement, Job Training, Employment Qualifications
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