Scotland's Building Excellence programme is exploring the implications of curriculum reform for school building design. It includes events which bring together teachers, designers, school managers and local authorities.

This paper is a preliminary examination of homologous shifts in U.S. discourses of school architecture and "planning" as they relate to curricular reforms and inventions of new pedagogical techniques. The strategy of discursive analysis uses Michel Foucault's conceptualization of "governmentality" to examine discourses on the…

Architectural drafting and building construction teachers need to become informed about barrier-free access. This information should be included in programs to give students experience and competence in this area. Industrial educators should assume a leadership role in training personnel to design and build a barrier-free environment. (JOW)