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Dudek, Mark – 2000
This publication about pre-school nursery design illustrates major issues and ideas about these spaces and provides comprehensive guidance for the planners and designers of such spaces. The author presents examples of historical and contemporary kindergartens that demonstrate practical ways that educational theory can be incorporated into new…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Design Requirements, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Design
Moore, Gary T.; Lane, Carol G.; Hill, Ann B.; Cohen, Uriel; McGinty, Tim – 1994
Part of a seven-volume series on children's environments, this monograph is a design guide for policy, planning, programming, design, and evaluation of early childhood facilities. The design guide includes 115 patterns for large, medium, and small child care centers in neighborhood and work-place settings. Many of the patterns are appropriate also…
Descriptors: Building Design, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Design Requirements
Stine, Sharon – 1997
The purpose of this book is to help designers and teachers think about the quality of outside school environments as learning places. The first chapter defines the players' roles as: (1) the designer, a maker of school form; (2) the teacher, the maintainer of the environment; and (3) the child, who is a major force in the use of the space. These…
Descriptors: Architecture, Case Studies, Children, Design
Taylor, Anne P.; Vlastos, George – 1975
Architectural solutions to some educational problems are explored and a systematic method is presented for designing schools as learning environments for children. Classroom environments and outdoor play areas are considered as functional art forms and seen as three-dimensional textbooks. The book demonstrates a way of using curriculum as a design…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Furniture, Creative Thinking, Design Requirements
Sanoff, Henry – 1995
The planning and design of child care centers has been undertaken without sufficient knowledge of children's spatial behavior, resulting in centers not providing appropriate physical conditions for young children's developmental needs. Research suggests that physical environment is important in supporting child development. Child care settings…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Day Care Centers, Day Care Effects