Presents a schematic floor plan of industrial arts teaching facilities for three suggested occupational clusters of industry especially useful in the solution of school dropout problems of inner city disadvantaged youth. (GR)

Three elementary schools relocated their libraries to multipurpose rooms and a stage to provide space for teaching "hands-on" library skills. (Author/MLF)

Along with its human resources, financial assets, and intellectual cache, space is a primary resource of an educational institution. Indeed, the dollar value (initial cost, replacement cost, or market value) of a postsecondary education institution's buildings sometimes exceeds its annual operating budget and endowment. Without information on how…

To model behavior, scientists need to know how models behave. This means learning what other behaviors a model can produce besides the one generated by participants in an experiment. This is a difficult problem because of the complexity of psychological models (e.g., their many parameters) and because the behavioral precision of models (e.g.,…

A well-designed environment for maintenance and operation staff will pay for itself and will provide a morale-building atmosphere. (Author)

This article describes how a classroom can be arranged to encourage and channel a child's curiosity instead of discouraging it. (PB)

A computer model for providing information to assist space administrators at the University of Toronto in planning classroom requirements is presented in this thesis. The requirements generated are compared against available rooms and measures of utilization computed. The model reacts to changes in parameters describing the system which allows the…

The following guidelines are recommended: stack space--for each 10 volumes, one square foot of space; reading room--25 square feet per station x 20% of the total undergraduate population; carrel space--25% of the graduate enrollment x 45 square feet; office and auxilliary space--135 square feet x full time equivalent staff. (NI)

Suggests, on the basis of extensive research, a framework for generating crime-reducing design features in a variety of environments. (Author/MF)

Describes the construction of classification and discusses the development of spatial imagery as a metaphorical mechanism with the ability to discover the processes by which powerful and privileged discourses shape information and with the potential to inform change. Presents a theoretical framework based on spatial conceptions in the context of a…

In a world increasingly characterised by change, diversity and complexity, with educational institutions, like others, aspiring to become "learning organisations" and where the "knowledge economy" is apparently crucial, schools as workplaces for learning appear to remain peculiarly static. The majority exhibit physical,…

To investigate relationships between spatial terms and the human experience of space, participants in three separate experiments were asked to sort 35 English spatial terms into groups on the basis of which items seemed most similar to one another. Participants also were asked to provide a descriptive rationale for each of their groupings. Once…

Three methods of determining waste quantity for a new building are supplied, based on a study conducted at the Cambridge campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (MLF)

Years of planning and exhaustive studies have resulted in a striking example of vertical architecture at Louisiana State University's new Medical Center Educational Building. (Author)

Attempts to analyze the realities of current practice in spatial arrangement of ordinary infants' schools and to discuss some aspects of their boundary maintenance. Based on observations made and conversations and interviews conducted in 27 schools in four outer London boroughs. (Author/EA)