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Westberg, Johannes – Educational Governance Research, 2018
While the architecture, educational ideas and material culture of nineteenth century school buildings have been properly investigated, we know less about the actual processes involved in designing and building schools. These processes are explored in this chapter, allowing the influence of local decision-makers, school designers, builders and…
Descriptors: Architecture, School Buildings, Educational History, Governance
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Al-Matarneh, Rana; Fethi, Ihsan – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
The current concept of architectural design education in most schools of architecture in Jordan is a blend between manual and digital approaches. However, the disconnection between these two methods has resulted in the students' failure to transfer skills learnt through traditional methods to the digital method of CAAD. The objective of this study…
Descriptors: Building Design, Technology Integration, Architectural Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Moreira, Cintia Mariza do Amaral; Dantas Motta, Ana Carolina de Gouvea; Vianello, Juliano Melquiades; Gonçalves, Rosilene de Athayde; de Paula, Carla Queiroz – NORDSCI, 2020
The Professional Master's in Work Management for the Quality of the Built Environment, MPGTQAC has existed at the Universidade Santa Úrsula, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, since the beginning of 2015. The body is one of the substantive elements of the course. It emerges as an elective discipline. The purpose of this communication is to refine the…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics
Rigolon, Alessandro – CELE Exchange, 2010
This article presents a critical overview of European school building design types, based on an analysis of morphologies and spatial layouts. The different design types are evaluated in function of specific didactic and social needs. (Contains 1 figure, 18 footnotes, a bibliography and 2 online resources.)
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Building Design, School Buildings, Design Preferences
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Jessop, Tansy; Gubby, Laura; Smith, Angela – Studies in Higher Education, 2012
This article draws together two linked studies on formal teaching spaces within one university. The first consisted of a multi-method analysis, including observations of four teaching events, interviews with academics and estates staff, analysis of architectural plans, and a talking campus tour. The second study surveyed 166 students about their…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis, Educational Facilities Design, Higher Education
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Ariani, Mohsen Ghasemi; Mirdad, Fatemeh – International Education Studies, 2016
The present study aims at exploring the influence of school design on student performance. The participants consisted of 150 students who studied at two Iranian public school and private school in Mashhad City. School Design and Planning Laboratory (SDPL) model of Georgia University (and Tanner (2009)) was used as an appraisal indicator of school…
Descriptors: School Buildings, Building Design, Educational Facilities, Statistical Analysis
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Bin Hassan, Isham Shah; Ismail, Mohd Arif; Mustafa, Ramlee – Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of integrating the mobile and CAD technology on teaching architectural design process for Malaysian polytechnic architectural students in producing a creative product. The website is set up based on Caroll's minimal theory, while mobile and CAD technology integration is based on Brown and…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Building Design, Architectural Education, Creative Activities
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Shirazi, Arezoo; Behzadan, Amir H. – Advances in Engineering Education, 2015
Recent studies suggest that the number of students pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees has been generally decreasing. An extensive body of research cites the lack of motivation and engagement in the learning process as a major underlying reason of this decline. It has been discussed that if properly…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Physical Environment, Simulated Environment, Synthesis
Lawanto, Oenardi – National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, 2011
The objective of this study was to describe the task interpretation of students engaged in a design activity and determine the extent to which students translate their understanding of their design task to their planning and cognitive strategies. Twenty-nine students at one Colorado high school participated in this study. Students worked…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Engineering, Instructional Design, Building Design
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Kuntz, Aaron M.; Berger, Joseph B. – Journal of Higher Education, 2011
There is an extensive and well-developed body of literature on the nature of faculty work (e.g., Blackburn & Lawrence, 1996; Schuster & Finkelstein, 2006) that has examined numerous aspects of faculty work and sources of influence on that work (e.g., intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, personal characteristics, disciplinary affiliation,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Research Universities, Faculty College Relationship, Case Studies
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Casakin, Hernan; Kreitler, Shulamith – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2010
The investigation reported here dealt with the study of motivation for creativity. The goals were to assess motivation for creativity in architectural design and engineering design students based on the Cognitive Orientation theory which defines motivation as a function of a set of belief types, themes, and groupings identified as relevant for the…
Descriptors: Creativity, Building Design, Architecture, Intervention
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Hassan, Isham Shah; Ismail, Mohd Arif; Mustapha, Ramlee – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2010
The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of integrating the digital media such as mobile and CAD technology on designing process of Malaysian polytechnic architecture students in producing a creative product. A website is developed based on Caroll's minimal theory, while mobile and CAD technology integration is based on Brown and…
Descriptors: Architecture, Computer Assisted Instruction, Technology Integration, Correlation
Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. – 1968
A general discussion of fire alarms and protection is provided by a manufacturer of automated monitoring and control systems. Background information describes old and new fire alarm systems, comparing system components, wage savings, and cost analysis. Different kinds of automatic systems are listed, including--(1) local system, (2) auxiliary…
Descriptors: Automation, Building Design, Building Operation, Comparative Analysis
Carrier Corp., Syracuse, NY. – 1960
A STUDY OF THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND THE PREPARATION OF A MODEL DESIGN SOLUTION HAS BEEN CONDUCTED BY AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM. THE SOLUTION USED DATA FROM AN EXISTING COMPARISON SCHOOL IN THE REDESIGN OF THE EDUCATIONAL FACILITY BASED ON THE INDEPENDENT CONTROL OF THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE ELIMINATION OF CLASSROOM WINDOWS. THIS APPROACH…
Descriptors: Building Design, Building Innovation, Building Operation, Comparative Analysis
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Passini, R.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1988
Fifteen congenitally blind subjects were involved in a route-finding experiment in a complex architectural setting. Compared to sighted controls, subjects planned the journey in more detail, formulated more decisions, and used more units of information. On a cognitive mapping exercise, the blind subjects performed virtually as well as sighted…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Blindness, Building Design, Cognitive Mapping
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