Well-informed teachers of young children recognize the importance of children's social development. The development of social skills lays a critical foundation for later academic achievement as well as work-related skills. Social development is such a key issue with young children that a number of methods to address social skills have been…

As teachers think about their career and the nature of their professional commitment, they should consider treating their classrooms as creative opportunities for mapping the learning process for both themselves and their students. This article provides suggestions for designing a classroom that will offer creative learning opportunities for…

This article offers some organizational solutions to help teachers better manage their classrooms and their time. To assist with the room arrangement, notebooks, and file cabinets, teachers may find it helpful to use color coding. Most teachers will have more than one class to teach during the course of a day, and, perhaps, more than one course to…

Discussion of urban school concepts is accompanied by individual illustrative sketches and diagrams. (1) good urban schools should harmonize with their setting, (2) an example of a two-story school whose classroom window orientation is directed toward a central court is shown, (3) an example of a three-winged school which provides every classroom…

This school has been made to answer, as far as possible, the specific demands of a non-traditional teaching system. Each classroom is considered and equipped as a complete unit, a house in itself. (CK)

Using current archeological jargon, contemporary school facilities are criticized. (LN)

In a situation where cheating increases, the students most apt to become cheaters are those seated adjacent to identified cheaters. In all cases, cheaters tend to voluntarily seat themselves adjacent to one another rather than seating themselves adjacent to noncheaters. The voluntary isolation appears to persist even as cheating increases or…

An example of a modern school building design, which in plan and massing is sympathetic with the old church structure to which it is attached. (JF)

Ranging in size from one room to an entire school complex, portable and relocatable buildings are solving the problem of classroom shortages. (Author)

A classroom teacher describes an approach to classroom organization for learning handicapped students in which the teacher is the hub and classroom activities radiate from him or her. Learning stations are located on the periphery, and spaces are designated for free time and time-out. (CL)

Describes classroom design with reference to doors, ceilings, walls, room furnishings, study tables, floor coverings, clocks, training labs, and halls. (JEG)