Benefits of Flexible Learning Spaces #1 Teaching in Teams. Flexible or open learning spaces are hard work.
It is a challenge for teachers to adapt their practices, it is a challenge for students to adapt their behaviour. The benefits are unparalleled though, and can be translated back into any learning space. Teachers working in teams is a significant benefit that arises from teaching in an open learning space. Teachers have the opportunity to learn from others in the following ways: How A School Library Increased Student Use By 1,000 Percent. Schools of the future must adjust to technology needs. Fast times at technology high: Schools need adaptable spaces to facilitate learning.
The world we live in is changing at a remarkable speed. Think back a decade and many ingredients of life today didn't exist. The iPhone debuted in 2007; the internet has only been in general use for 20 years. Who knows what tomorrow will be like – except that it will be different from today. The structures and strictures of education are being brushed aside by the engagement, seduction, passion and delight of a new learning world. In preparing our children for that uncertain future, we inevitably need schools unlike the ones that prepared their parents. Teachers – and increasingly students – are realising that schools need to be places in which difficult, exciting, challenging, engaging, complex learning happens, rather than being where uniform education is delivered.
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The environment we provide is a critical element in a student’s perception about whether the library is for them and their choice to use it. In 1999, eminent management researcher, Peter Drucker predicted that in the Information Age workforce of the 21st century the most successful person will be a knowledge worker – one who. Researchers Recommend Features of Classroom Design to Maximise Student Achievement. Source: Wikimedia With so much attention to curriculum and teaching skills to improve student achievement, it may come as a surprise that something as simple as how a classroom looks could actually make a difference in how students learn.
A new analysis finds that the design and aesthetics of school buildings and classrooms has surprising power to impact student learning and success. The paper is published today in the inaugural issue of Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences (PIBBS). Fry Library & School Supplies - Library Shelving & Book Coverings. DesignShare Home.
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References to Books and Other Media The Third Teacher(North Shore Country Day School, Dec 16, 2011) Architect Trung Le talks about Winnetka, Illinois North Shore Country Day's Upper School project, featuring adaptable classroom spaces, common gathering areas, and flexible furnishings. Marysville Getchell High School Campus (Education Design Showcase, Dec 2011) Describes the Marysville Getchell High School Campus near Seattle, winner of the 2011 Education Design Showcase, and designed by the DLR Group. L.B. New Orlean's Landry High School was nearly destroyed after Hurricane Katrina swept through the area. T.C. Offers a virtual tour of Alexandria, Virginia's, T.C. Evidence-Based Design of Elementary and Secondary Schools, 2nd Ed.Lippman, Peter(John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ , 2010) Profiles Montana's new Browning High School. (U.S. Designing Libraries: Learning for a Lifetime.
Pat Kyle, librarian at the Washington International School (WIS) was presented with a rare opportunity.
A private PreK-12 institution in northwest Washington, DC, WIS had launched a five-year redesign of the school in which she would take an active role, helping build a brand new media center. Having participated in a design workshop at my Building Learning Communities Summer Conference (www.novemberlearning.com/blc) last year, Kyle understood how a properly designed space, one that thoughtfully integrated online learning, and collaboration and content creation among students, would serve the entire school community well into the future. Merchandising Libraries - Home. For Libraries. Welcome to IG3 Education. Designing Libraries - Designing Libraries. Abax Systems. Kingfisher™ Learning Spaces. Space, whether physical or virtual, can have a significant impact on learning.
Academic Library Building Design: Resources for Planning. Academic Library Building Design: Resources for Planning Joel Street Library, Princeton University 2012 Welcome Welcome to Academic Library Building Design: Resources for Planning.
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School Library Support - Designing library learning spaces. Home page. Library building and design (Public Libraries Connect) Library Design. By Greg Andrzejewski “The survival of the library as a space is not dependent on smart architecture (it may help though) – it is dependent on the ability of the library to meet the needs of people and convincingly add value to their lives” (Jens Thorhauge (2004).
“Building Design for the Digital Age.” Danish National Library Authority, Naple Meeting, Ireland, 4/22/04, slide 20) Glasgow School of Art Library Reading Room How many of us remember encountering this sort of library? Much has changed as libraries have developed over the years and much remains to be done if libraries (public, academic, school, and special) are to remain useful to the public. Ambience and Atmosphere In two of her works, Creating the Customer-Driven Library: Building on the Bookstore Model (2005) and Creating the Customer-Driven Academic Library (2009), Jeannette Woodward argues that libraries need to change in order to suit the changing needs of customers and to accomodate current technologies.
Links Link 1. 2. 3. Rethink! : Ideas for inspiring school library design / [edited by Susan La Marca ; featured section ... Library/Retail Consultant & Trainer. School Library. By WBDG Staff Last updated: 09-15-2011 Overview. Library design services and consultancy. The Design - Macquarie University Library. “Forget everything you think you know about academic libraries …” This was the first instruction in the high concept brief issued to architects participating in the competitive design process of the new library. It was the best starting point for the University to achieve its aspirations to develop a new library building as a key campus facility and as a 21st Century learning environment. These aspirations are embodied in the following principles: New Beginning The key design concepts for the building comprise: light and connection strong sense of place The building design must embody these concepts while providing for the following: briefed accommodation constraints of the project budget strong relationship to the rest of the campus the principles defined by the Campus Development Plan 2004.
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