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Moore, Gary T.; Lane, Carol G.; Hill, Ann B.; Cohen, Uriel; McGinty, Tim – 1994
Part of a seven-volume series on children's environments, this monograph is a design guide for policy, planning, programming, design, and evaluation of early childhood facilities. The design guide includes 115 patterns for large, medium, and small child care centers in neighborhood and work-place settings. Many of the patterns are appropriate also…
Descriptors: Building Design, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Design Requirements
Baule, Steven M. – 1999
Increased student enrollment, collection growth, the need for multimedia workspace, and other technology changes are all reasons for embarking on a facilities project in a library media center. This book describes the keys to success for library media centers of the future, and addresses the need for developing support for the facilities plan.…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Facilities Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Wrightson, William; Pope, Campbell – 1989
Intrinsically safe design is presented as a logical extension of the principles of barrier free design, and as a higher level design strategy for effecting widespread implementation of the basic accessibility requirements for people with disabilities. Two fundamental planning procedures are proposed: including principles of safe and accessible…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Accident Prevention, Architecture, Building Design
David, Thomas G., Ed.; Wright, Benjamin E., Ed. – 1975
The focus of the 16 essays in this book is the physical environment of learning, specifically the man-made or built environment. The authors contend that educators have tended to overlook the influence of built environments on the learning process--a process not confined to schools, but involving play areas, tree houses, and the city itself. The…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Design Requirements, Environmental Influences, Environmental Research
Haworth, J. T., Ed.; Smith, M. A., Ed. – 1975
The contents of this book divide into three parts: (1) theory; (2) education; and (3) planning. The first part of the book considers a number of broad related issues in work and leisure. The term "theory" is used in a broad sense and encompasses philosophical as well as empirically based views and models of the nature of man, work, and leisure.…
Descriptors: Community Planning, Design Requirements, Educational Objectives, Employment
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). Committee for the Development of Sport. – 1987
This Council of Europe document begins with the text of Recommendation No. R(86)18 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the European Charter on Sport for All: Disabled Persons, along with an explanatory memorandum for implementation of the recommendation. The memorandum discusses disability and sport definitions, why sports for…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Athletics, Design Requirements, Disabilities
Rudolph, Nancy – 1974
The playgrounds pictured and discussed in this book are called Workyards. They are places where children play--in any way they elect. Limitations are set only by the space that is available and by the always changing and abundant supply of materials: lumber, nails, tools, old machinery, rope, sinks, stoves, pickets from an old fence, barrels, and…
Descriptors: Building Innovation, Child Development, Community Programs, Construction Materials
Egan, M. David – 1978
The goal of this book is to present in a graphical format the principles of design for building firesafety. The book's more than 270 illustrations represent the core of its coverage of factors affecting fire ignition and spread in buildings, building site planning for fire suppression and occupant rescue operations, protection by building…
Descriptors: Alarm Systems, Architectural Education, Building Design, Construction Materials
Manji, Ashraf S., Ed. – 1974
This monograph provides a documentation of some recent case studies pertaining to educational facilities planning in Chicago. It represents the endeavors of experts from a variety of disciplines, each of whom has investigated a specific aspect of the facility planning problem in Chicago. The studies reflect methodological advance as well as…
Descriptors: Buildings, Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Computer Programs
Stine, Sharon – 1997
The purpose of this book is to help designers and teachers think about the quality of outside school environments as learning places. The first chapter defines the players' roles as: (1) the designer, a maker of school form; (2) the teacher, the maintainer of the environment; and (3) the child, who is a major force in the use of the space. These…
Descriptors: Architecture, Case Studies, Children, Design
Bazillion, Richard J.; Braun, Connie – 1995
Academic libraries must integrate technology and traditional library service. Online catalogs, high-tech campus information networks, and accelerated resource sharing present opportunities for building comprehensive information centers. However, the interiors of most existing libraries were not designed to accommodate extensive high-tech equipment…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Centers, Design Requirements
Still, Julie M., Ed. – 1997
This book presents 19 case studies in library web site creation and implementation. The book begins with an introduction--"Introduction: Step into My Parlor" (Julie M. Still)--and is divided into three sections. The first section, Academic Library Web Sites, contains six case studies: "U-SEARCH: The University of Saskatchewan…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Interfaces, Computer Mediated Communication, Design
Phillips, Rob – 1997
Interactive multimedia (IMM) is a technology with the potential to change the way people learn, acquire information, and entertain themselves. This technology brings together a range of fields and requires the skills of professionals from those fields. This handbook offers practical advice on issues related to developing successful interactive…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation
Speck, Marsha; Knipe, Caroll O. – Corwin Press, 2005
To increase student achievement and prepare all students to meet standards, educators must be well prepared. Teachers who know their content and strategies can open a virtual toolbox and take out what they need to help all students become successful. This thoroughly revised and updated edition of "Why Can't We Get It Right?" explains how…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Information Sources, Fundamental Concepts, Standard Setting
Peterman, Francine, Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2005
This book presents an argument for, and invites, critical examination of teacher preparation and assessment practices--in light of both the complexity and demands of urban settings and the theories of learning and learning to teach that guide teacher education practices. This dynamic approach distinguishes the authors' stance on urban teacher…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Learning Theories, Urban Teaching, Urban Schools