Physical+Structure

Learning Spaces

===We are looking to implement a physical structure where students recognize that educators and the general public value their education and development. Each learning space will be designed to demonstrate that the educators and the community care about students’ comfort and well-being. The physical structure should be easily modifiable and should reflect all of the individual needs of the students. ===

The Setting

"A study at Georgetown University found that even if students, teachers, and educational approach remain the same, improving a school's physical environment could increase test scores by as much as 11 perecent" (Pink 2005, 82)
 * ====Campus living ====
 * Natural Landscapes

Grow a tree ... and your learning A learning environment where growth is all around you

Learning Spaces


 * ====Flexible spaces, based on comfort of the learner ====
 * ====Student adjustable environment ====
 * ====Retractable walls ====
 * ====Earth tones-Research based color change ====
 * ====Spaces that foster creativity and curiosity ====



<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Learning spaces - comfort and daptability

<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Learning Enlightenment

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"According to the American Architectural Foundation, one way to do this is through innovative sharing of space with the school‟s local community, such as making performance spaces and meeting rooms available to the general public." (Partnership for 21st Century, 9 )


 * ====<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Natural light ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Acoustics ====

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Whole community spaces / Windows allow light in, but not eyes out

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Learning Architecture <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: center;"> Daniel Pink stresses in //A Whole New Mind// that the creative minds will be successful. Fostering that creativity with the makeup of a students' environment is essential. (2005)
 * ====<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Curriculum designed common areas and learning centers ====

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">If you build it, they will learn. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Strange bedfellows - hockey and the Greeks / Greek Revival in architecture and students <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">All the classrooms are a stage

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">If there have to be walls...let them multi-task



<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**If the walls could talk - math and science**

<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Learning Landscapes
 * ====<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Blurred learning areas or centers and outdoor learning spaces: Nature's Classroom ====

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">"Physical" education - Back to the future <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Where in the world is recess / Math Boxes - in sand

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">The 21st Century Classroom

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">"Windows" not walls