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The Impact of School Space on Primary Education Art Teachers' Pedagogical Practices: A Bernsteinian Approach
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Asimaki, Anna; Lagiou, Archontoula; Koustourakis, Gerasimos S. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2022
This article, based on Basil Bernstein's theoretical framework, aims to contribute to the sociological analysis of the impact of space on the formation of the pedagogical practices of the teachers who teach Arts in Primary education. Data were collected using the research methods of observation and interview on a sample of 20 Art teachers in…
Descriptors: Art Education, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers, Art Teachers
Requirements for Remote RF Laboratory Applications: An Educators' Perspective
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Cagiltay, N. E.; Aydin, E.; Oktem, R.; Kara, A.; Alexandru, M.; Reiner, B. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2009
This paper discusses the results of a study of the requirements for developing a remote RF laboratory. This study draws on the perspectives of educators in university electrical engineering departments and in technical colleges, on the teaching of the radio frequency (RF) domain. The study investigates how these educators would like the technical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Technical Institutes, Science Laboratories
Defining Elements in the Planning of Early Childhood [Classrooms] as Parameters in the Development and Education of the Child.
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Bika, Anastasia – 1996
Noting that the design of the classroom used for early childhood and kindergarten classes can contribute in powerful ways to the education of young children, this paper applies principles of architecture to the organization and shaping of the interior classroom space. The paper maintains that five principles, when applied, create a climate of…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Furniture
A Spatio-Pedagogical Approach to Symbolic Play as Kindergarten Activity in Early Childhood.
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Michalopoulou, Aikaterini – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2001
Studied the symbolic play that occurs in activity corners set up around toy-objects in Greek kindergartens. Found notable differences in levels of symbolism and complexity of the play. Concluded that the most favored groups were those in which: (1) classroom space was polyvalent, permitting its informal re-organization; and (2) the teacher was an…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries
A System for the Expansion and Development of School into a Space of Constructive Engagement for Childhood Age Categories.
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Bika, Anastasia – 1997
A study observing children's participation in designing their own classroom space was based on the following framework: (1) creation of the environment and conditions necessary to enable children to express themselves constructively in a climate of acceptance; (2) support of children's need to prove and confirm their own abilities; (3)…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Cooperative Planning
Redefinition of Space and Equipment in the Kindergarten and Involving the Children in the Process of Designing.
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Bika, Anastasia – 1995
This research examined the extent to which 2.5- to 5-year-old children in three Kindergarten classrooms in Thessaloniki, Greece could be taught about the use of classroom space and equipment. The study combined the theoretical perspectives of Piaget, Vygotsky, Bruner, and Frangos with the views of theater director Peter Brook. Mixed-age groups of…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Furniture, Cognitive Development