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Grajek, Susan – EDUCAUSE, 2016
EDUCAUSE is in its second year of identifying the influence of major trends on the IT strategy of colleges and universities. This year's Trend Watch list included 29 trends in the management and delivery of IT services, personal devices and personalized environments, data and analytics, teaching and learning, security and risk, and the Internet of…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Information Technology, Higher Education
Duncan, Sandra – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2011
Like professional photographers, early childhood teachers can reframe their perspectives to create innovative and inspiring spaces for young children by concentrating on reframing two design elements: color and texture. When thinking about designing spaces for young children, one of the first considerations is the equipment and its arrangement.…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Classroom Design, Young Children, Early Childhood Education
Churchill, Deirdre Lyne – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This qualitative study examined the impact of architectural design and arrangement on the learning experiences of students. Specifically, it examined how school design and arrangement foster interactions and relationships among students and adults relevant to integral learning experiences. This case study was limited to the breadth of knowledge…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, School Buildings, Qualitative Research, Student Experience
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Baroody, Alison E. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2017
This study examined the contribution of classroom format on teaching effectiveness and achievement in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics. Secondary data analyses of the Measures of Effective Teaching database included 464 US classrooms. Classrooms were defined as self-contained if a generalist teacher provided instruction on all subjects…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Classroom Design, Academic Achievement, Language Arts
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Raths, David – T.H.E. Journal, 2013
Could new types of pedagogy that involve more classroom projects and peer instruction encourage school districts to replace outdated furniture and redesign classrooms? Or could new classroom designs using modular furniture have an impact on how teachers engage their students? These are just a few of the questions that educators, instructional…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Improvement, School Districts, Classroom Environment, Classroom Design
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Roskos, Kathleen; Neuman, Susan B. – Reading Teacher, 2011
The classroom environment is uppermost in teachers' minds at the start of each school year. Designing an effective classroom environment for learning to read and reading is both an art and a science. Aligning physical space with instructional goals involves the flexible use of space that is adapted to instructional needs. A well-designed classroom…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Literacy, Classroom Design, Reading Instruction
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Lippke, Lena; Wegener, Charlotte – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore how vocational teachers' everyday practices can constitute innovative learning spaces that help students to experience engagement and commitment towards education and thus increase their possibilities for completing their studies despite notable difficulties. Design/methodology/approach: Based on…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Practices, Educational Innovation, Teaching Methods
Demski, Jennifer – Campus Technology, 2011
The "sage on a stage" is looking increasingly like a potted plant. While there will always be a role for a great teacher who can command a room, colleges and universities today are putting greater emphasis on student collaboration, small work groups, and interactive learning. Unfortunately, the classrooms of yesterday, with their focus on a single…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Furniture, Classroom Design, Cooperative Learning
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Lim, F. V.; O'Halloran, K. L.; Podlasov, A. – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2012
The positioning and movement of the teacher in the classroom are fundamental to the pedagogical process. Specific spaces in the classroom take on certain meanings because of the nature of pedagogic discourse that occurs on the site and the positioning and distance of the site relative to the students and the teaching resources. Spatial pedagogy is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classrooms
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Meeks, Michael D.; Knotts, Tami L.; James, Karen D.; Williams, Felice; Vassar, John A.; Wren, Amy Oakes – Education Sciences, 2013
While an extensive body of research exists regarding the delivery of course knowledge and material, much less attention has been paid to the performance effect of seating position within a classroom. Research findings are mixed as to whether students in the front row of a classroom outperform students in the back row. Another issue that has not…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Classroom Environment, Environmental Influences, Longitudinal Studies
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Bond, Vanessa L. – General Music Today, 2013
The educational practices of the municipality of Reggio Emilia, Italy, are celebrated as among the best in the world. Inspired by this educational system, schools across America have adapted the Reggio Emilia approach. Yet, music educators may be unaware of its principles as the approach is not often discussed in music education literature. The…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, Music Teachers, Reggio Emilia Approach
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Walczak, Mary M.; Van Wylen, David G. L. – Journal of Learning Spaces, 2014
In designing St. Olaf College's Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, we attempted to create learning spaces to accommodate classes of 50-100 students and a variety of teaching pedagogies. In this study, we compared three different 72-seat classrooms furnished with half-round tables for four, straight tables, or a serpentine shaped…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, College Faculty, College Students, School Space
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Johnston, Scott – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2012
The author has recently been experimenting with having students work at a set of six blackboards mounted on the walls of a maths teaching space. In this article, he describes this project which he started because he had become impatient with, and aggravated by the usual setup of a maths teaching space. He had started to question why there are…
Descriptors: Chalkboards, Teaching Methods, Teaching Styles, Teaching Models
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McAllister, Keith; Maguire, Barry – Support for Learning, 2012
There is a growing consensus that an appropriate classroom environment will aid the performance of the pupil with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). There are, however, very few design guidelines available when considering ASD and the school environment. Such guidelines that do exist tend only to be in general terms. Therefore, this article seeks to…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Autism, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries
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Salmen, John P. S. – New Directions for Student Services, 2011
Universal design (UD) can play a role in many aspects of academic life and is often thought of in the context of learning. However, this chapter focuses on the impact of UD on the design of facilities in a university or campus setting. Universal design has the potential for transforming universities into truly egalitarian institutions that…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Accessibility (for Disabled), Federal Legislation, Compliance (Legal)
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