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Students' Perception of Daylight Illumination in the School Workshop as a Determinant for Effective Students' Task Performance in Workshop Practice
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Amasuomo, Japo Oweikeye Morto; Alio, Abigail Ngozi – Journal of Education and Learning, 2013
The study investigated daylight illumination in the school workshop as a determinant for effective students' task performance in workshop practice. 183 NCE Technical students in 300 Level which comprised of 73 and 112 students from Federal Colleges of Education (Technical), Asaba and Omoku, Nigeria respectively during the 2008/2009 academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workshops, College Students, Questionnaires
A History of School Design and Its Indoor Environmental Standards, 1900 to Today
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Baker, Lindsay – National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 2012
Public education is one of the central tasks of a democratic society, and the buildings that house this important task not only shape the way one teaches, but provide icons and symbols for the values people hold common as a society. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this context has placed school buildings squarely in a position of debate and innovation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developed Nations, Educational Facilities Design, School Buildings
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Waldecker, Mark – American School & University, 2005
Education administrators make buying decisions for furniture based on many factors. Cost, durability, functionality, safety and aesthetics represent just a few. Those issues always will be important, but gaining greater recognition in recent years has been the role furniture plays in creating positive, high-performance learning environments. The…
Descriptors: Purchasing, Furniture, Educational Environment, Interior Space
Rooms with a View
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Hourihan, Peter; Berry, Millard, III – American School & University, 2006
When well-designed and integrated into a campus living or learning space, an atrium can function as the heart and spirit of a building, connecting interior rooms and public spaces with the outside environment. However, schools and universities should seek technological and HVAC solutions that maximize energy efficiency. This article discusses how…
Descriptors: Energy Conservation, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Environment, Space Utilization
Learning, Lighting and Color: Lighting Design for Schools and Universities in the 21st Century
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Fielding, Randall – DesignShare (NJ1), 2006
Uniform illumination levels in the classroom and focused brightness on the "teaching wall" made good sense for students in Henry Ford's era. If you were training to take your place on the assembly line, you needed to focus on the work at hand and ahead to your supervisor, but the future no longer belongs to students who look only straight ahead.…
Descriptors: Lighting, Color, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Environment
Helping Principals Make Better Use of Existing Facilities.
Fredrickson, John H. – 1976
The findings of two studies establish some deleterious effects of unsatisfactory physical environment on school children. However, modern technology enables the exercise of total environmental control in new and existing facilities. Between the realities of today and the exceptations of tomorrow we have a transitional model--the open plan concept.…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Educational Environment, Educational Specifications, Elementary Secondary Education