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Download full textBureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1921
In the last 8 or 10 years there has been unusual progress in the establishment of kindergartens in most of the cities and States, but still the kindergarten is a phase of school work less known than the work of the grades in the elementary schools. Many school officers and school architects lack information as to the character of rooms and…
Descriptors: Educational History, Kindergarten, Educational Facilities Design, School Buildings
Peer reviewedSmith, Howard A. – Review of Educational Research, 1979
School-related research is reviewed under seven categories of nonverbal communication: environmental factors, proxemics, kinesics, touching behavior, physical characteristics, paralanguage, and artifacts. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Body Language, Classroom Communication, Classroom Design, Classroom Research
Peer reviewedBurroughs, Catherine B. – Feminist Teacher, 1990
Presents an analogy between classroom space utilization and Peter Brook's 1968 play, "The Empty Space," used in a modern, dramatic literature, college course. Taught from a feminist and student-centered perspective, students configured the classroom and class members as part of their dramatic readings. Stresses the indispensability of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style
Kottler, Ellen; Kottler, Jeffrey A.; Kottler, Cary J. – 1998
This book presents practical strategies to help secondary teachers succeed in their first year of teaching. The 16 chapters include the following: (1) Learning Your Way Around the School (getting oriented, making friends, learning rules and traditions, meeting others); (2) Organizing Your Room (taking inventory and assessing flow, movement, space,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Classroom Design, Classroom Techniques
Klein, Susan S., Ed. – 1985
This handbook of collected papers is intended to aid in the achievement of sex equity in education, and in society through education. It is divided into six parts, each with a separate editor (or editors) and contains the following chapters: (1) Examining the Achievement of Sex Equity in and through Education (S. S. Klein, and others); (2)…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adult Education, Classroom Desegregation, Classroom Design
Liew Kok-Pun, Michael; And Others – 1981
Land scarcity dominates the thinking of school planners in Singapore. Techniques for optimizing the use of land for schools include (1) the construction of multi-storied or high-rise schools; (2) operation of a double-shift system and, in some cases, a triple-shift system; (3) multiple use of educational spaces; and (4) construction of several…
Descriptors: Building Plans, Classroom Design, Construction Costs, Educational Facilities Design
Wakefield, Howard E. – 1968
These references on flexible educational facilities are abstracted by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Facilities. College material includes an experimental learning center, a college health center, a fine arts center, and university library design. References on schools include secondary school design, flexible high school design, standard…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Auditoriums, Building Design, Building Innovation
PDF pending restorationKalamazoo Public Schools, MI. – 1973
Three reports of different task forces from the committee to study sex discrimination in the Kalamazoo, Michigan, Public Schools comprise this document. The first report, from the personnel task force, investigated personnel practices and working conditions in 1972 for the existence of sex discrimination. Questionnaires were distributed to 1,215…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, After School Programs, Bias, Classroom Design
Reger, Roger; And Others – 1968
Designed for administrators and special education teachers, the text describes how and why to establish a special education program. Areas reviewed are the educational program, responsibility of the schools for problem children, nature of special education and handicap, decision making, problems in special education, teacher preparation and…
Descriptors: Administration, Association (Psychology), Auditory Perception, Classroom Design
Hohmann, Mary; Weikart, David P. – 1995
Divided into three parts, this book reviews the basic concepts of the High/Scope preschool curriculum and its development, implementation, and effectiveness. The introduction offers a retrospective of the program's history, describes the five basic principles that form the framework of the approach, and discusses some of the reasons for its…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Child Development, Classroom Design, Cognitive Development
Educational Research Services, Inc., White Plains, NY. – 1962
THE REPORT COMMUNICATES TO ARCHITECTS THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE FUNCTIONS CONTEMPLATED IN EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING CENTERS AND THE ACTIVITIES CONVENTIONALLY ASSUMED TO TAKE PLACE IN TYPICAL SCHOOLS AND PARTICULARLY CAMPUS LABORATORY SCHOOLS. THE NEW CONCEPT OF EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING CENTERS REQUIRES ORIGINAL AND CREATIVE ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING. THE…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Centers, Classroom Design, Classroom Research, Demonstration Centers
DeLorey, John L., Jr.; Cahn, Marjorie E. – 1977
This handbook of practical guidelines for daily life in day care is addressed to caregivers, teachers, directors, and students who want to provide high quality care for children. Separate sections are devoted to (1) day care as a daily living experience; (2) the parent-caregiver relationship; (3) priorities for health and safety, staff…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Classroom Communication, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment
Yuker, Harold E.; And Others – 1968
Elements of modified school design for the physically disabled are considered, including mobility, classrooms, science laboratories, applied skill areas, the library, the swimming pool, and sanitary facilities. Also discussed are the cafeteria (food service, seating, and other considerations), recreational areas (play grounds,…
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Building Design, Chalkboards, Classroom Design
Singel, Raymond J. – 1969
The learning environment and its interrelationship with educational policies and the coordinated planning and design of schools and their facilities are discussed in the light of the human organism or student. The problems and hazards of present learning environments are reviewed in conjunction with environmental control and its influence on…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Citations (References), Classroom Design, Classroom Environment
Shiman, David A., Ed.; And Others – 1974
This volume reports experiences in individualizing and opening classroom instruction of elementary teachers in the League of Cooperating Schools (18 Southern California School districts). Written for teachers by teachers, it offers specific details and advice to aid both the new and the experienced teacher with the organizational and technical…
Descriptors: Classes (Groups of Students), Classroom Design, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
