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Greenhill, Leslie P.; Dwyer, Francis M. – Audiovisual Instruction, 1970
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Auditoriums, Building Design, Classroom Design
American School Board Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Design, Classrooms, Educational Facilities
Lewis, Philip – Nat Sch, 1969
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classrooms, Doors, Educational Facilities
HUTCHINSON, GEORGE A. – 1967
THE LEARNING CENTER CONSISTS OF PHYSICAL FACILITIES APPROPRIATE AND RESPONSIVE TO THE ENERGIZING CONCEPTS OF EDUCATION BASED ON HOW STUDENTS LEARN. INSTEAD OF STRUCTURING THE FACILITIES INTO SIMILAR SIZED CLASSROOM SPACES, THE CENTER PROGRAMS FACILITIES FOR LARGE GROUP SPACES ACCOMMODATING 150 OR MORE STUDENTS, SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION AREAS OF…
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Design, Classrooms, Educational Facilities
Abeson, Alan; Berenson, Bert – Nat Sch, 1969
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Design, Design Requirements, Educational Environment
Download full textOntario Dept. of Education, Toronto. School Planning and Building Research Section. – 1971
Intended to assist school boards in planning educational facilities for trainable mentally retarded children, the booklet contains designs illustrating both the general structure and specific room arrangements for various sizes of school and various age groups. The designs show small, self-contained schools where mobility in the grouping of…
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Building Design, Classroom Design, Educational Facilities
Peer reviewedCruickshank, William M.; Quay, Herbert C. – Exceptional Children, 1970
Descriptors: Architectural Programing, Building Design, Classroom Design, Educational Facilities
Caffarella, Edward P. – Audiovisual Instruction, 1973
Author discusses the importance of proper acoustics to a learning environment. In addition, he gives pointers on various accoustical treatments. Basic to his suggestions is his belief that not only the construction of an area, but also its ultimate purpose must be considered in the planning. (Author)
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Acoustics, Building Design, Classroom Design
Gallington, Ralph O. – Ind Arts Vocat Educ, 1970
Describes a plan for using construction concepts to provide for prefabricated service components, flexible use of floor space, and the designing of uniform floor and ceiling sections. (Author)
Descriptors: Building Systems, Classroom Design, Classrooms, Design Requirements
Moore, Gary T. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1998
Examines general principles in designing child care centers and preschools: (1) design the site and building so that it has a friendly, child-like, inviting image; and (2) design child development environments to be child scaled, including furnishings, materials, the building, and the site as a whole. Contains criteria and suggestions for…
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Design, Day Care, Educational Environment
Lawrence, William J. – Momentum, 2002
Argues that Catholic schools need to consider what makes a school Catholic when confronting issues of architectural design. Addresses differences in needs between elementary, middle, and high schools, and offers a case study that illustrates a successfully designed urban Catholic high school. (NB)
Descriptors: Building Design, Catholic Educators, Catholic Schools, Classroom Design
Moore, Gary T. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1996
Examines the size of child-care-center spaces as a factor for designing developmentally appropriate facilities. Explores a range of architectural and design issues related to the size of spaces and ways of subdividing rooms to provide opportunities for small-group, quiet activities that are important to quality child care. (AA)
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Design, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Moore, Gary T. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1996
Examines the size of child care centers as a factor in designing developmentally appropriate facilities. Proposes as a general principle that, whenever a center is to house more than 75 children, it should be partially decentralized into a village, campus, or articulated series of interconnected houses, with each module serving no more than 60 to…
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Design, Day Care, Day Care Centers
Wakefield, Howard E. – 1968
These references on flexible educational facilities are abstracted by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Facilities. College material includes an experimental learning center, a college health center, a fine arts center, and university library design. References on schools include secondary school design, flexible high school design, standard…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Auditoriums, Building Design, Building Innovation
