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Lucila Carvalho; Peter Goodyear; Lina Markauskaite – Higher Education Research and Development, 2025
If university students can do many of their activities anywhere, how do students decide what is best done at different locations? This paper introduces the concept of 'epistemic placemaking' as a capability to understand how to best equip and arrange places for knowledge work. Epistemic placemaking involves making choices based on the…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Educational Environment, College Students, Decision Making
Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMS), 2023
In collaboration with their local government and community partners, schools can take a proactive approach to crime prevention as a part of developing, implementing, and maintaining school emergency operations plans (EOPs) using the "Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans (School Guide)" [ED571878]. In…
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, School Community Relationship, Emergency Programs
Jeannin, Laurent; Barthelemy, Sarah – Journal of Learning Spaces, 2020
The impact of space and furniture on children starts to be taken into consideration in the mid 19th century, in France. New legislation changes the face of the school and the reflection around architecture and learning spaces. Nowadays, learning spaces are an important part of the school design: numerous studies have demonstrated the impact of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Space Utilization, Well Being, Educational Environment
Eyal, Liat; Gil, Einat – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
A Future Learning Space (FLS) is a dynamic and a technology-rich learning environment that enables teaching and learning using innovative pedagogical methods. However, introducing innovation and technology into any educational setting, whether in K-12 schools or higher education institutions, is known to be challenging. This paper introduces…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Technology Integration, Space Utilization, Teaching Methods
Toran, Melanie A. – Knowledge Quest, 2020
School libraries are places where people seek solace--not just by burying their heads in books to see themselves in the characters or to look up information on a topic they can't bring themselves to ask friends, but as a safe haven, or third space, from those who have prejudices based on one's sexuality. The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,…
Descriptors: School Libraries, LGBTQ People, Educational Environment, Social Bias
Burns, Leslie David; Faris, Amber; Melino, Flor; Turner, Wendy; Wheatley, Abigail – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2019
Abstract The authors illustrate how literacy and language arts teachers work with students to help them act and engage as agents in and beyond school. The authors demonstrate how teachers design environments for learning and practice and how young people use resulting skills and motivations intentionally as a result of their experiences in those…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Literacy, Teaching Methods, Learner Engagement
Deed, Craig; Alterator, Scott – Journal of Learning Spaces, 2017
Evaluating informal learning spaces in higher education institutions needs to respond to the complex conceptual orientation underpinning their intention and design. This article outlines a model of participatory analysis that accounts for the conceptual complexity, lived experience and broad intentions of informal learning space. Further, the…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Higher Education, Models, Educational Environment
Harrison, Michelle – Open Praxis, 2018
Over the past decade we have seen a rise in the adoption and proliferation of social technologies, and along with these a move to build on the capacity to embrace new pedagogies and practices that can open our boundaries for both teaching and learning. How do we determine what we mean by space specifically in online environments and how can we…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Online Systems
Gee, James Paul – Educational Technology, 2017
This article discusses video games as "attractors" to "affinity spaces." It argues that affinity spaces are key sites today where people teach and learn 21st Century skills. While affinity spaces are proliferating on the Internet as interest-and-passion-driven sites devoted to a common set of endeavors, they are not new, just…
Descriptors: Video Games, Informal Education, Educational Environment, Space Utilization
Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education, 2017
Fremont School District 79 is located in northeastern Illinois and spans seven municipalities. The district enrolls students in grades Prekindergarten through 8. The student population is predominantly White (70%), with approximately 13% Hispanic and 10% Asian or Pacific Islander. Approximately 8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Technology Integration, School Districts
Braun, Derek C.; Clark, M. Diane; Marchut, Amber E.; Solomon, Caroline M.; Majocha, Megan; Davenport, Zachary; Kushalnagar, Raja S.; Listman, Jason; Hauser, Peter C.; Gormally, Cara – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
Scientists are shaped by their unique life experiences and bring these perspectives to their research. Diversity in life and cultural experiences among scientists, therefore, broadens research directions and, ultimately, scientific discoveries. Deaf individuals, for example, have successfully contributed their unique perspectives to scientific…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Interpersonal Communication
Cooper, Justin T.; Scott, Terrance M. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2017
Academics and behavior are inextricably linked, and as such, management of behavior should be considered not as an addition to the teacher's repertoire of skills but as an integral foundational component of effective instruction. Paradoxically, teachers report that students with challenging behavior are both their greatest challenge and that…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Probability, Classroom Techniques
Kentucky Department of Education, 2020
As districts contemplate how to safely reopen schools for the coming year, it is important that each facility that is used to carry out the mission of the district be maintained to provide a safe and healthy environment. This maintenance involves cleaning and sanitization, modifications supporting social distancing, modification of movement…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, School Schedules
Hoerr, Thomas R. – Educational Leadership, 2016
At a Monday evening monthly meeting of school administrators, discussion ensued about how to improve the administrators' schools. Ideas such as increasing student achievement, energizing teachers, and engaging parents were offered. One principal suggested focus should be turned to the students' restrooms, "because lots of problems emerge…
Descriptors: Sanitary Facilities, Principals, Administrator Role, School Buildings
Melnick, Hanna; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Learning Policy Institute, 2020
As the United States considers reopening schools after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers and administrators need to consider how to reopen in a way that keeps students and staff safe. This brief provides insight into health and safety guidelines and social distancing strategies used in other countries that have successfully…
Descriptors: Disease Control, School Closing, School Safety, Educational Environment