Visual Transparency in Schools
Seeing all, seeing better
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School Design Resource (11-28-23)
CADRE, HKS, and Uplift Education have written a guide to designing learning environments that support social and emotional learning, which is available free of charge (“Enriched Environments to Support Social and Emotional Learning: A Visual Design Guide,” https://www.cadreresearch.org/enriched-environments ). The webpage from which this resource can be downloaded effectively describes it: “This visual design guide contains 18 evidence-based design strategies, to be used when designing enriched learning environments to supp
Neuroscience-Informed Learning Space Design
Design can support learning (and remembering!) new material, whether we’re at work, at school, or somewhere else entirely. Using in practice what neuroscientists have unearthed makes “lessons” more productive and positive educational outcomes more likely.
Student Experiences with School Safety Design (03-31-23)
Altenburger studied how students experience safety-related design features at their schools.
School Greenspace, Reading Program Effectiveness (03-06-23)
Rahal, Wells, and Evan’s research confirms the value of locating schools in greenspaces.
Time Outdoors, Future Brainwork
Design daycare centers for grades later
Location and Learning (12-29-22)
A team from UCLA has confirmed that, to some extent, our knowledge is linked to place; their work is published in Science of Learning.
Standing and Thinking (11-14-22)
Bhat and associates evaluated the effects of standing on cognitive performance.
Security’s Effects (09-26-22)
Johnson and Jabbari link the overt presence of school security systems to lower academic performance.
Boosting Learning (09-13-22)
Van der Groen and colleagues link sensory experiences and learning outcomes.