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Learning Spaces as a Strategic Priority
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George, Gene; Erwin, Tom; Barnes, Briony – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2009
In April 2007 Butler Community College made learning spaces one of its five strategic priorities. The college had just completed a major renovation of the work spaces for the IT division and had started a project to build a student union and create informal learning spaces at the Andover campus. With learning spaces becoming a strategic priority,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Facilities Design, Facility Guidelines, Strategic Planning
Community College Facility Design: The Relationship between the Learning-Centered Paradigm and Learning Space as Viewed through the Lens of Developmental Studies Faculty
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Perkinson, Betty J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The view that community college developmental studies educators have about the space in which they teach, any renovated or new spaces they were involved in designing, and the type of space in which they would like to teach is examined. The developmental studies educators are experts in their field, having completed The Kellogg Institute at…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Developmental Studies Programs, College Faculty, Teaching Conditions
Learning Environments for Children.
Sanoff, Henry; And Others – 1972
This booklet (prepared by architects, educators, and community groups) presents some guidelines for creating learning environments in child care centers. The ideas and information could be used for creating new centers, for redesigning facilities, or for remodeling existing buildings. Emphasis is placed on the interrelatedness of the goals of a…
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Plans, Classroom Environment, Classrooms
Architecture for the Whole Child: Celebrating Change!
Baker, Bartlett J. – Schools in the Middle, 1997
Argues well-designed middle schools support the physical, social, cognitive, and emotional changes students experience. Promotes a design that is a hybrid of the home-based, child-centered elementary model and the elective-based, campus high school model. Focuses on enabling cross-curriculum, interdisciplinary team instruction in smaller,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Construction Programs, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities
The Prepared Environment and Its Relationship to Learning.
Loeffler, Margaret Howard – 1967
A "prepared environment" is a planned learning facility for young children which offers a supportive and stimulating environment. Current thinking on early learning and the resultant implications for the design of a physical environment which would encourage conceptual development are examined in this book. Each section considers a particular…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classrooms, Controlled Environment, Early Experience
Making the Best Decisions: Designing for Excellence!
Bullock, Ann Adams; Foster-Harrison, Elizabeth S. – Schools in the Middle, 1997
Argues classrooms must provide an appropriately stimulating environment that supports learning and provides teachers and students with a comfortable place to learn. Lists requisite factors of the school environment including furniture, aesthetics, color, carpet, building maintenance, decorating detail, comfort, space/design, lighting, classroom…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Furniture, Educational Environment