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Marco A. C Bortoleto; J. J. Ross; Natalie Houser; Dean Kriellaars – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2025
Purpose: This study aimed to explore the implementation and impact of circus arts instruction in physical education (PE) classes through a multiple case study design. Data Collection/Analysis: This multi-site case study explored the implementation and impact of circus arts instruction in PE. Participant observation took place over the course of 16…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Recreational Activities, Elementary Education
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Phuong Nguyen-Hoang; Peter Damiano – Journal of Education Finance, 2023
This study is the first to empirically examine how school districts allocate resources in response to capital investment revenue from statewide penny sales taxes (called SAVE funds), and whether SAVE funds affect student outputs (i.e., educational achievement). We found evidence that school districts do not use SAVE funds to increase capital…
Descriptors: State Aid, School Districts, Expenditures, Elementary Secondary Education
Nick Petford; Robert Griggs; Terry Neville – Higher Education Policy Institute, 2024
In this HEPI Report, Nick Petford, Robert Griggs and Terry Neville explore the rationale and development of the University of Northampton's Waterside Campus, one of the UK's most ambitious university relocation projects. They conclude with a series of lessons learned.
Descriptors: Universities, Educational Development, Relocation, School Location
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Marcelo Castro; Breno da Cruz – Education Economics, 2024
This paper assesses the impacts of a large-scale program aimed at constructing daycare and preschool centers in Brazil named Proinfância, which funded new buildings in nearly 45% of the municipalities between 2008 and 2017. We find a significant increase in early education care in the jurisdictions that participated in the program more than a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Educational Facilities, Labor Force
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Joel Parham – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2024
Between April and December 1915, Maria Montessori and her son, Mario Montessori, spent time in California. Historical accounts of this period have emphasized Montessori's participation in San Francisco's world's fair, the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE), and identified this event as the crux of her travels. The following text and…
Descriptors: Photography, Montessori Method, Travel, Tourism
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Hare Kiliçaslan; Seyma Duman Gültepe; Sema Topaloglu – SAGE Open, 2024
Industrial buildings that conserve their authentic identities and provide cultural sustainability also appeal to the spatial perceptions of users through their old and new usage forms. It is thought that every generation will have different timeframes and experiencing forms in the spaces they are in, based on their own needs, and this is believed…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Universities, Campuses, School Buildings
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Nicholas Stock – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2024
This article begins by considering the radical changes that occurred in architecture throughout the twentieth century due to the influence of Le Corbusier and the ensuing movement of modernism. Though the building of schools was embroiled in this architectural movement, the classrooms within them remained broadly the same as they had been in the…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Research, Classrooms, Lighting
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Bell, Jordan; Sealey-Ruiz, Yolanda – Comparative Education Review, 2023
There is currently a dearth of research on the creation and the implications of Black educational space, even with the increased awareness raised by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement to the individual and structural antiblackness inherent in the United States. This essay aims to share the BLM history that helped to motivate and inform two…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Racism, African American Teachers, College Faculty
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Heffernan, Karen M. – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2023
Between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as the United States was transformed from an agrarian nation to an industrial one, significant changes in the nation's economic, social, and political structures, and the challenges that ensued, led to a multitude of diverse reform movements and a surge of regulatory measures from the federal and…
Descriptors: Resistance to Change, Educational Change, Rural Schools, Educational History
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Evi Widowati; Herry Koesyanto; Wahyudi Istiono; Adi Heru Sutomo; Sugiharto – SAGE Open, 2023
Accidents and disasters can potentially affect most elementary school students. Accordingly, comprehensive school safety is important to ensure children's safety. This study aimed to identify the key indicators of the minimum standards for Disaster Preparedness and Safety School programs as a conceptual framework of comprehensive school safety in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, School Safety, Standards
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Eric Martone – Global Education Review, 2023
In 1950, the Sisters of Mercy opened Mercy Junior College in Tarrytown, New York for younger members of their order. In 1961, with financial assistance from the Rockefeller family, they relaunched it as a private 4-year institution for women at a new complex in Dobbs Ferry. From 1911 onward, however, the Rockefellers had a complex relationship…
Descriptors: Private Financial Support, Womens Education, Philanthropic Foundations, Educational History
Alicia Dallas – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand African diaspora students' perceptions of how developmental spaces in higher education institutions reflect an aesthetically inclusive and validating environment that is connected to African diaspora traditions. Theoretical Framework: The conceptual framework that guided this study…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Aesthetics, Inclusion, Student Attitudes
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Vigneau, Amanda; Hillebrand, Chris; Pettigrew, Joel – Journal of Campus Activities Practice and Scholarship, 2023
As architects and designers, we face design challenges that are rooted in the built condition. In our collaboration with student activities professionals, the effective use of space to service, engage, and welcome the campus community is at the forefront of design and planning discussions. We must consider the social implications of our physical…
Descriptors: College Environment, Sanitary Facilities, Educational Facilities Design, Gender Issues
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Caroline Dyson – Support for Learning, 2025
As teachers, we think that we understand the challenges of educating children and adults when addressing multiculturalism, immigration and racism. But are we getting it right if we do not know the experiences and challenges faced by international students or even know the perspectives of typically white British students learning in an increasingly…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Multicultural Education, Cultural Awareness
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Amber L. Pearson; Karin A. Pfeiffer; Ashton Shortridge; Kimberly A. Clevenger – Journal of School Health, 2025
Background: Schoolyards and/or playgrounds are important settings for fostering children's social, cognitive, and physical development. Optimal schoolyard design is likely an important health-promoting and equigenic strategy, but prior research does not fully consider multiple dimensions of these spaces, such as vegetation, slopes, ground cover,…
Descriptors: Playgrounds, Educational Facilities Design, Geographic Information Systems, Elementary School Students
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