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Record Nr.

UNINA9910367235803321

Titolo

Renewing Middle School Facilities   / / edited by Maria Fianchini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-19629-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 250 p. 93 illus., 74 illus. in color.)

Collana

Research for Development, , 2198-7300

Disciplina

720.47

371.9045

Soggetti

Sustainable architecture

Schools

Social service

Buildings

Knowledge management

Buildings—Design and construction

Building

Construction

Engineering, Architectural

Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings

Schools and Schooling

Social Work and Community Development

Building Types and Functions

Knowledge Management

Building Construction and Design

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- PART 1: Renewing Strategies for existing Schools -- Scenarios under change in school facility interventions, M. Fianchini -- Introduction -- The OECD programs and actions -- An overview on intervention strategies from some European countries -- The case of Italy -- Pedagogy and architecture, which dialogue is possible? -- Outdoor experience so to widen learning opportunities -- Resilient



thinking and school infrastructure management -- PART 2: Updating Knowledge of Middle Schools -- Updating users’ needs framework in middle schools. A field research activity -- PART 3: Supporting Scool Communities -- The schoolyard. A space for school and neighbourhood communities -- A resilient view of school community actions -- A simplified toolbox for the operability assessment of the built environment in middle school buildings.

Sommario/riassunto

This book draws on important original transdisciplinary research to address a wide range of issues relating to the remodeling of existing schools for pre-teenagers to fit them to various novel teaching models (e.g. collaborative learning, ICT integration, and out-of-classroom working) and to create effective educational environments for the future. The strong relationship between people’s wellbeing, physical environment and student learning in schools has already been extensively studied in international research. At the same time, a number of different scenarios of possible innovations are now emerging, and these require conscious choices in terms of designing both the ways and the places where educational processes can be developed. The principal focus of this research was the relationship between infrastructure, activities, and school communities. The book is divided into three sections, the first of which discusses conceptual aspects and outlines innovative renewal strategies. The second section describes a participatory research process developed in five case studies of lower-secondary or middle schools with the aim of updating our knowledge about such schools and identifying emerging issues. The last section presents case studies, operational tools, and design strategies that aid decision-making and support interventions to renew school facilities. The book is intended mainly for scholars of architecture and education, but is also of interest to a wider readership, including principals, teachers, designers, decision-makers in school communities, and heads of municipal education departments.