Resource for Primary School Designers (03-05-10)
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) has created a valuable resource for designers of primary schools.
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) has created a valuable resource for designers of primary schools.
Understanding the school as a teachers’ work environment is particularly important in light of current educational reforms that are changing the way time, students, and knowledge are organized in the high school.
Research by Raymond and O’Brien provides additional evidence that distraction (which can often be influenced through design) has serious implications.
To perform at their highest level, autistic children need to study in educational environments developed to reflect their unique space-related needs.
The acoustics in classrooms are a major concern of designers and educators and they have a significant influence on how well children learn.
It has been clear for some time that when students are in noisy classrooms they do not learn as well as when classrooms are quieter.
Winterbottom and Wilkins effectively review lighting conditions in British classrooms and relate the details of their findings to established best practices in classroom lighting.
US Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED points can be awarded for the creation of “healthful, comfortable, and productive workplaces,” i.e., those that are ergonomically strong.
Kumar and his colleagues comprehensively examined the relationship between problem behavior (truancy, cigarette use, etc.) by middle and high school students and physical characteristics of their schools.
The National Summit on School Design, sponsored by the American Architectural Foundation and the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, developed several concrete suggestions for improved school design.