Schools and Kindergartens

Schools and Kindergartens
Author: Mark Dudek
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2007-03-02
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 376437053X

As a new generation of educational environments are designed and built, this design manual helps architects to grasp the underlying educational theories and how they can be realized in built form, so that the building fulfills its role as a 3-dimensional curriculum plan. It presents over 80 international case studies.

Schools and Kindergartens

Schools and Kindergartens
Author: Mark Dudek
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2015-04-28
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 3038214817

As a new generation of educational environments are designed and built, this Design Manual illustrates the most up-to-date educational strategies and how they are realized in built form. Concepts such as working with small teams of students, interdisciplinary learning and inclusion of SEN students all require specific spation solutions. This specialized field is explained in all its relevant aspects such as role in the community, outdoor spaces, sustainability and technical requirements such as lighting and acoustics. With over 70 case studies from Europe, North America and the Pacific Region, this is an essential guide for architects involved in the design of schools and kindergartens. For the revised edition six groundbreaking new best-practice examples were selected such as Primary School Niederheide near Berlin, the first plus-energy school in Germany, the education center “Tor zur Welt”, one of the key projects of building exhibition IBA 2013 in Hamburg and “Children’s House for All” by Maki Onisha and Toyo Ito, conceived for use in refugee camps.

Kindergartens, Schools and Playgrounds

Kindergartens, Schools and Playgrounds
Author: Ana Canizares
Publisher: Loft
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2007
Genre: Kindergarten facilities
ISBN:

This book gathers a selection of international day care centers and schools designed by renowned architects, combining functional, technological and construction features creating imaginative and evocative atmospheres.

Preschool Education in America

Preschool Education in America
Author: Barbara Beatty
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780300072730

A history of policies and programmes for the education of three-to-five-year-olds in the USA. This book also traces efforts to make pre-school education a part of the American public school system and shows why these efforts have been rejected, despite evidence of pre-school benefit.

Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens

Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens
Author: David Sobel
Publisher: Redleaf Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2015-12-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1605544299

Everything you need to get started and succeed in a nature preschool or forest kindergarten.