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Carlson, Michael – Educational Facility Planner, 2010
More now than ever, our schools need to reach out and engage students. Dropout rates are high, achievement lags and increasingly students view schools as out of touch with their lives and their futures. Solutions to these problems are complex but I believe that making learning environments reflect student attitudes and perspectives plays an…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Participation, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Design
Ryan, Stu; Mendel, Lisa Lucks – Educational Facility Planner, 2010
The purpose of this study was to measure noise levels in elementary, middle, and high school physical education settings and compare them to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) guidelines and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards for acoustics in educational settings. Mean unoccupied noise levels for 22…
Descriptors: Physical Education, National Standards, Acoustics, Comparative Analysis
Kennedy, Mike – American School & University, 2010
In recent years, green design has evolved from a cutting-edge idea embraced by ecology-obsessed activists to an idea embraced as a badge of honor by schools and universities across the nation. A consensus has formed among architects, school facility managers and educators that sustainably designed projects are desirable and make sense for the…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Ecology, Educational Facilities Improvement, Conservation (Environment)
Kennedy, Mike – American School & University, 2010
When order and regimentation were overriding elements of a classroom climate, a teacher typically was found at the front of a rectangular room, delivering facts and wisdom to an audience of students organized in precise rows of desks nailed to the floor. In an environment where the recognized learning styles consisted of "you get it" or "you…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Teaching Methods, School Space, Classrooms
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Kowaltowski, Doris C. C. K.; Bianchi, Giovana; Teixeira de Paiva, Valeria – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2010
The architectural design process is based on a creative phase where creativity is highly valued. Although the literature on creativity is rich in ways to stimulate the decision-making process, these tools are rarely formally present in the building design process. To further the discussion on creativity and design education this paper presents a…
Descriptors: Creativity, Educational Facilities Design, Building Design, Architecture
Rigolon, Alessandro – CELE Exchange, 2010
This article presents a critical overview of European school building design types, based on an analysis of morphologies and spatial layouts. The different design types are evaluated in function of specific didactic and social needs. (Contains 1 figure, 18 footnotes, a bibliography and 2 online resources.)
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Building Design, School Buildings, Design Preferences
Baumann, James A., Ed. – Association of College and University Housing Officers - International, 2012
The "Talking Stick" is published bimonthly, six times a year in January/February, March/April, May/June, July/August, September/October, and November/December by the Association of College and University Housing Officers-International. Each issue is divided into three sections: Features, Columns, and Departments. These sections contain articles…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, College Housing, Dormitories, Animals
Pearson, George – Education Canada, 2012
At the opening of Olds High School, Principal Tom Christensen held his breath as he watched students inspect the new facilities designed with a new approach to learning in mind. The Alberta school is divided into four so-called "quads," each housing one-quarter of the school's 800 students, with flexible learning spaces to accommodate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Education Work Relationship, High Schools, Shared Resources and Services
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McShane, Ian – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2012
This article analyses the conceptual and policy contexts of the Australian government's "Building the Education Revolution" (BER) programme. This $A15 billion commitment to renewing school facilities is the Australian government's largest single measure of economic stimulus in response to the recent global financial crisis. Public debate…
Descriptors: Conflict, Educational Innovation, Foreign Countries, Educational Facilities
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Harris, Bill – Community College Journal, 2011
While it is too early to measure changes in fall 2011 enrollments, overcrowding on campuses is likely to remain a problem, at least for the foreseeable future. For community colleges, many of which face steep budget cuts in the coming year, the challenge will be how to draw back spending without negatively affecting the student experience.…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Student Experience, Sustainable Development, Community Colleges
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Landsmark, Ted – Planning for Higher Education, 2011
Online course delivery has now surpassed on-site learning as the primary way for Americans to receive a college education. The fastest growing American colleges are now actively using online teaching and learning. The high cost of maintaining college campuses, coupled with rising educational costs and the inconveniences of matching adult student…
Descriptors: Campuses, Colleges, Adult Students, Educational Technology
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Couper, Llyween – Kairaranga, 2011
During 2008 and 2009, a group of nine Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour (RTLB) from Canterbury met as a Community of Practice to investigate the way that play in the school playground contributes to the social competence of students. While the original concern was around the needs of students who were unable to manage their behaviour in…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Playground Activities, Play, Focus Groups
Rieh, Sun-Young; Kim, Jin-Wook; Yu, Woong-Sang – CELE Exchange, 2011
The Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI) has recently initiated a pilot project to develop a new prototype school, involving users in the design phase. This is the first time in Korea that users have been consulted on issues relating to school design. One of KEDI's objectives is to integrate specific elements into school design such as…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Facilities Design, Pilot Projects, Foreign Countries
Houston Independent School District, 2018
In 2017-2018, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) launched Achieve 180, a program centered upon a comprehensive action plan to increase student achievement at 45 schools, including the 27 schools that received the Texas Education Agency Campus Accountability rating of "Improvement Required" (IR) in 2016-2017 and 18 former IR…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, School Districts, Educational Environment
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Bland, Derek – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2012
This article centres on a research project in which freehand drawings provided a richly creative and colourful data source of children's imagined, ideal learning environments. Issues concerning the analysis of the visual data are discussed, in particular, how imaginative content was analysed and how the analytical process was dependent on an…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Freehand Drawing, Research Projects, Educational Environment
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