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Direct linkWoolner, Pamela; Stadler-Altmann, Ulrike – Education Inquiry, 2021
Amid increasing global and national interest in the built educational environment, this editorial considers developments within the Nordic countries that are investigated and discussed within the articles in this special issue. We discuss commonalities and divergences in the experiences of transition and change in the schools, located in a range…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, School Buildings, Building Design, Educational Facilities Design
Niemi, Kreeta – Education Inquiry, 2021
Finnish education has recently experienced reforms with respect to guidelines forming the curriculum framework for basic education and school architecture. Since 2016, all new schools incorporate open and flexible design, at least to some extent. The more open school design challenges the conventional organisation of space and pre-defined…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Educational Change, Curriculum Development, Architecture
Cobos, Irma; Lewallen, Joy – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2009
Open concept schools were a popular architectural design in the 70s. They were built to provide large areas of flexible space for team teaching with small enclosed areas for restrooms, science labs, and special needs classrooms. Because there are no barriers and no closed doors, an attitude of inclusiveness is created merely by the building's…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Building Design, Team Teaching, Open Plan Schools
School Progress, 1971
An innovative open space area derived from proper facilities planning, provides diverse educational benefits. (RA)
Descriptors: Building Design, Educational Facilities, Open Plan Schools, Planning
Environ Planning Design, 1970
Discusses problem of what becomes of telephone lines, electrical conduits, junction boxes, outlets and jacks when walls have been done away with and all nonstructural building elements are removed. (KJ)
Descriptors: Building Design, Electrical Systems, Energy, Open Plan Schools
Anderson, Ralph A. – Educ Technol, 1970
A discussion of open-planning as one means to allow for individualized instruction in schools. (AA)
Descriptors: Building Design, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Open Plan Schools
Queen, Daniel – Audiovisual Instruction, 1974
Author discusses how acoustics must be managed in order to allow successful use of loudspeakers (Author/HB)
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Acoustics, Audio Equipment, Building Design
Peer reviewedSchool Management, 1972
Describes the Pompositticut Elementary School. (JF)
Descriptors: Building Design, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Schools, Open Plan Schools
Peer reviewedSchool Management, 1971
Describes a 1,500-student open plan middle school. (JF)
Descriptors: Building Design, Educational Facilities Design, Interior Design, Middle Schools
Consulting Engineer, 1974
The mechanical devices used to heat and cool a totally air conditioned elementary school are exposed to the students' view so that the teachers can explain to their pupils the basic mechanicss of heating and cooling. (Author)
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Building Design, Climate Control, Construction Materials
Download full textRoper, Susan Stavert; Nolan, Robert R. – 1976
Open space schools will lead to coordination by teachers in more exciting ventures in education, such as joint teaching, individualized instruction, and crossgrouping of students. "Open space schools," denotes a type or architectural design and not an instructional program. Many teachers, though, are frustrated by open space and are…
Descriptors: Building Design, Coordination, Environmental Influences, Instructor Coordinators
Nation's Schools, 1972
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Innovation, Building Plans, Elementary Schools
Nation's Schools, 1971
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Innovation, Building Systems, Construction Materials
American School Board Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Design, Classrooms, Educational Facilities
Fresno County Schools, CA. – 1969
Seven papers from the symposium on schoolhouse planning held in 1969 by the Fresno County Regional Planning and Evaluation Center are presented in this book. The papers discuss the changes in educational philosophy and technology which have brought about a change in the spaces needed for education. Educational finance, educational specifications,…
Descriptors: Building Design, Campus Planning, Educational Facilities, Educational Facilities Design
