Modern Thinking

Autor/in	Kennedy, Mike
Titel	Modern Thinking
Quelle	In: American School & University, (2006), S.16-18 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-0945
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Educational Needs; School Libraries; Attendance; Needs Assessment; Educational Change; Military Schools; Higher Education; Educational Facilities Design; Small Schools; Quality of Life; Interior Space; Classroom Design; School Space; Urban Schools; Michigan; New York; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; School library; Schulbibliothek; Anwesenheit; Bedarfsermittlung; Bildungsreform; Militärschule; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; School; Schools; Schule; Lebensqualität; Innenraum; Klassenraumgestaltung; Schulraum; Urban area; Urban areas; Stadtregion; Stadt; USA
Abstract	New facilities at schools and universities are being designed that embrace the latest learning techniques and philosophies. The article describes two facilities that exemplify this trend: Thomas Jefferson Hall at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and Cass Technical High School library in Detroit, Michigan. Libraries, once thought of as storehouses of the written word, have morphed into multimedia, interactive learning centers. The Thomas Jefferson Hall is designed to have more functions than a traditional library, including being a center for students to meet and work together. It also has media rooms, computer rooms, collaborative spaces, and is able to accommodate wired and wireless technology. It also houses West Point's Center for Teaching Excellence, where test classrooms are set up to try new technologies or techniques. Jefferson Hall emphasizes sustainable strategies in its design and construction for which it achieved a bronze rating under the Army's Sustainable Project Rating Tool (SPiRiT) program. In Detroit, district officials decided to erect a new Cass Tech to meet the educational needs of today's students. It is designed for easier and safer entrance and exits. The facility incorporates such sustainable features as daylighting. A sidebar article observes a national trend of making schools smaller, which tends to improve school attendance and performance, decrease violence and misbehavior, and result in more satisfied teachers. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10