Nature IN Classrooms (10-16-20)
Van den Bogerd and colleagues studied the effects of having plants in a university and secondary school classrooms.
School
Barriers (Real and Imagined) and Cheating (09-28-20)
Zhao lead a group that investigated how environments can influence cheating by 5- and 6-year olds.
Kids, School, and Design
Neuroscientists have comprehensively researched how school design can foster positive learning experiences (the sort that not only benefit individual students but also the societies they’re members of) as well as how young people, in general, experience the physical worlds that surround them.
Comparing Classroom and Museum Experiences (08-18-20)
Do people experience art differently in museums and classrooms?
Creating a Sense of Place in School Environments: How Young Children Construct Place Attachment
Child-focused design decoded
Safer Schools (06-30-20)
The AIA has released a report “detailing strategies that can reduce risk of COVID-19 transmission in K-12 facilities.”
Green Space and Kid Self-Regulation (05-26-20)
Taylor and Butts-Wilmsmeyer studied kindergarten students’ ability to self-regulate their behavior after spending class time in green schoolyards.
Child Wellbeing/Health and Outdoor Space Design (05-18-20)
Sando and Sandseter evaluated how the design of outdoor spaces at early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions influences children’s (3-4 year old’s) wellbeing (feeling at ease and self-confident, for example) and health (via physical activity).
Biophilic Schools, Education Outcomes
Elevating learning and wellbeing
Smelling and Learning (02-05-20)
New research confirms that scents we smell as we learn and sleep influence our cognitive performance.
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