In February of 2006, Sir Ken Robinson made an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. Robinson is author of "Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative", and a leading expert on innovation and human resources.
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School Project Case Studies
- Wooden Boat Factory: An Example of Project-based Learning
- Ordrup School in Gentofte Denmark is Designed for Personalized Learning
- Guerilla Educators engage young people in green school design
- Innovative Case Studies in School Design
- Hazelwood School For The Multiple Sensory Impaired
- Scotch Oakburn College's Middle School in Tasmania, Australia opens as excited students and teachers jump right into learning the 21st Century Way
Publications
Recent Posts
- A Study Looks at the Value of Kids Being allowed to Move in their Classrooms!
- Scotch Oakburn College's Middle School in Tasmania, Australia opens as excited students and teachers jump right into learning the 21st Century Way
- 10 Trends in School Facility Planning
- Siftables - Its a Toy, Its a Game, no, its a Tech Tool for Brain Development!
- Training Teachers to Create Effective Environments for Learning
- Randy Fielding on 21st Century Learning Spaces
- The First Green Charter Schools Conference!
- Incorporating Green Technology in Schools Now a Real Trend
- Sir Ken talks in depth on Creativity and the Power of the Imaginative Mind
- Hazelwood School For The Multiple Sensory Impaired
Collaborators
Links
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- Committed Sardines
- Connexions - Sharing Knowledge and Building Communities
- Constructivist Consortium - Home
- Creative Commons
- DesignShare
- EdVisions Schools
- Fielding Nair International
- Futurelab - Creating a new learning landscape
- Guerilla Educators
- National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
- November Learning Communities
- PEEC Evaluation Reports
- Rambling Reflections
- School Design and Planning Laboratory
- School Design Research Studio
- SparkBugg
- Stephen Heppell
- Taco Lab
- Tanner Forecasting and Planning Group
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- Malc on Holistic Education
- Jeff lackney on Learning Improves with Exercise
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- Max Elliot Anderson on Boys can make the grade, if they're not bored - hint: try hands-on learning and some old fashioned competition
- Artichoke on The schools-within-schools concept takes a hit, or does it?
- Artichoke on Ban or Embrace New Technologies?
- Jeff lackney on Learning-Driven Schools: A Practical Guide for Teachers and Principals
My Online Status
Pages
Articles
- Inventing Non-Traditional Collaborative Learning Environments
- School Design: An Architect's View
- Classrooms of the Future: Thinking Out of the Box
- Brain-Based Principles for Educational Design
- DesignShare: Exploring the Organizational Transformation in Education : DesignShare
- Environmental Quality & Student Performance
- The State of Post-Occupancy Evaluation in Schools
- Educational Facilities Planning: Leadership, Architecture, and Management: C. Kenneth Tanner, Jeffery A. Lackney
- 33 Principles of Educational Design
Categories
- 01. Maximize Collaboration in School Planning and Design
- 02. Build a Proactive Facility Management Program
- 03. Plan Schools as Neighborhood Community Learning Centers
- 04. Embrace the Entire Community as a Place for Learning
- 05. Create Smaller more Personalized Schools
- 06. Respect Cultural Context while Providing Design Diversity
- 07. Consider Home as a Template for School
- 08. Vary Circulation Patterns while Ensuring Supervision
- 09. Design Safe Schools
- 10. Cluster Learning Areas for Effective Collaboration
- 11. Provide Space for Sharing Learning Resources
- 12. Accommodate a Variety of Learning Groups and Activities
- 13. Keep Class Sizes Small
- 14. Provide Well-defined Activity Pockets
- 15. Integrate Early Childhood Education into the Community School
- 16. Provide a Home Base for Every Student
- 17. Regard Teachers as Professionals
- 18. Provide Studios to Support Project-based Learning
- 19. Encourage Adminstrative Leadership by Decentralizing Administrative Space
- 20. Establish a Community Forum
- 21. Design Conference Rooms that Can Be Used by the Community
- 22. Create Privacy Niches
- 23. Weave Virtual and Physical Learning Spaces Together
- 24. Provide Opportunities for Job/Career Training
- 25. Provide Information Centers for Parents
- 26. Provide Health Care Service Centers
- 27. Design with Respect to Scale and Developmental Needs
- 28. Maximize Natural and Full-Spectrum Lighting
- 29. Design Buildings that Promote Health
- 30. Design for Appropriate Acoustics
- 31. Allow for Transitional Spaces Between Indoors and Outdoors
- 32. Establish a Variety of Outdoor Learning Environments
- 33. Separate Children and Pedestrians from Vehicles and Service Areas
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