21st Century Learning Environments
School buildings have a crucial contribution to make to raising educational achievement. Designing high performance school buildings for the 21st century for all children is a shared concern amongst OECD countries. Innovative research seeks architectural answers that make efficient use of the resources invested in building, renovating and running schools. Changes in the design of those buildings must serve the educational process and improve the quality of the learning environment. A major chall
eBook, English, 2006
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, 2006
1 online resource (110 p.)
9781280606526, 9786610606528, 9789264006508, 1280606525, 6610606528, 9264006508
1010626093
FOREWORD; TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; SECTION I EMERGING THEMES; Theme 1. The challenge of designing schools in a changing world; Theme 2. The impact of new technology on school design; Theme 3. Increasing access to education through school design; Theme 4. Designing sustainable, comfortable school buildings; Theme 5. Involving all stakeholders in the design process; Theme 6. Educational facilities as a learning tool; Theme 7. Assuring design quality; SECTION II SUMMARY OF PRESENTATIONS; SECTION III SCHOOL VISITS, LONDON AREA; CONCLUSIONS; RELATED PUBLICATIONS
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