| Description |
1 online resource (227 pages) |
| Contents |
""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of illustrations""; ""Notes on the contributors""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction -- a school environment to help, not hinder: understanding the role of physical space in education""; ""Part 1 The design and use of schools""; ""1 The development of the school building and the articulation of territory""; ""2 The built environment of primary schools: interactions between the space, learning and pupil needs""; ""3 Designing primary schools: architect-educator dialogues"" |
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""4 Successful secondary school design in an age of austerity""""5 The open plan high school: educational motivations and challenges""; ""Part 2 Designing together for change in school""; ""6 Co-creative adventures in school design""; ""7 School buildings: what the users really think""; ""8 Children's imaginations at the centre of design for education""; ""9 Developing shared understandings of learning environments: interactions with students, teachers and other professionals""; ""10 Exchanging ideas for the ever-changing school""; ""Index"" |
| Summary |
The time is ripe for interdisciplinary, collaborative approaches to school design. Whatever the current funding limitations, we still need to think about how we design, organise and use space in schools for learning and teaching. This edited book ensures that we don't start from ground zero in terms of good design. Including chapters from researchers and practitioners in architecture and education, it assesses, describes and illustrates how education and environment can be mutually supportive. The centrality of participation and collaboration between architects, educators and school |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
School buildings -- Design and construction -- Cross-cultural studies
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
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School buildings -- Design and construction
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317683421 |
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1317683420 |
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