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  • + maximise maximise 2 years ago
    In response to 'What a load of Rubbish' I must disagree - you obviously haven’t been there. I can give you several examples, but one must suffice: The school is nearing completion of a PFI project. Half the new building is occupied whilst some classes are still held in the old building. - It is astounding to see the change in attitude of some of our most difficult children as they switch back and forth between the two buildings. In the old building, when they attend, they are lively to say the least and make very little progress with their work, break times and behaviour on the corridors is near to chaotic.



    However, when these same students are timetabled for lessons in the New Block their behavious changes. They walk on the correct side of the corridor, they arrive to lessons on time, behave much better in class and get through a lot more work. Somehow the calming effect of the new quality environment has its impact on the students. And not only them, the staff feel more organised and enjoy their working environment too. For all, therefore, the New Build is a place that people want to be in, work becomes enjoyable and more productive and the ’Kids’ DO come into school!
  • + guest93b5cc guest93b5cc 2 years ago
    What a load of rubbish, I thought half the problem was getting the Kids into school in the first place, what the point in spending millions on buildings if there are no kids to fill them.
  • + wasto wasto 2 years ago
    Whilst i agree that these buildings are fantastic, the architecture and design do not make the education. Unless the workforce within these new buildings is also of the new generation of educational thinking little will happen. Similarly place a group of creative and forward thinkg educators in an old victorian building with a few contemporary resources and they can transform learning within hours.

    My concern is that billions can be spent on buildings but unless there is appropriate funding to support for the Rip van Wrinklies in teaching it will be in vain. I daily work with teachers from the brilliant to the opposite end of the spectrum and everywhere in between. Sadly I see too few who are ready to embrace the challenge that we are exhorting. Even in many of the BSF schools in UK the futurustic shell houses the same old pedagogy. Sadly Rip would see an awful lot of teachers standing clicking on the Interactive whiteboards dominating the learning space with teacher directed activities.

    Slow down thebuilding programme and insist that new schools will only be built when the teachers who will work there are appropriately skilled, of the right mind set to embrace change and have leadership within that can inspire and motivate teachers and learners like to face this brave new world. RIP
  • + maximise maximise 2 years ago
    Yes, great, we are just getting round to doing some of these things in the UK supported by a lot of BSF (Building Schools for the Future) funding. BUT are these changes in response to architects’ dreams or are they based on the reality of teaching and learning, all-age schools and the challenges of economic and environmental considerations.
  • + radix2u Cikgu Afezi 2 years ago
    Excellent ideas!
  • + guestac5ae9 guestac5ae9 3 years ago
    i think it is a great idea, to turn schools into something new for students to comunicate with a better learning facility
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  1. There's a dark little joke exchanged by educators with a dissident streak:
  2. Rip Van Winkle awakens in the 21st century after a hundred-year snooze and is, of course, utterly bewildered by what he sees.
  3. Men and women dash about, talking to small metal devices pinned to their ears. Young people sit at home on sofas, moving miniature athletes around on electronic screens.
  4. Older folk defy death and disability with metronomes in their chests and with hips made of metal and plastic. Airports, hospitals, shopping malls--every place Rip goes just baffles him.
  5. But when he finally walks into a schoolroom, the old man knows exactly where he is. "This is a school," he declares. "We used to have these back in 1907. Only now the blackboards are white."
  6. Milton-Freewater, let’s have a discussion about the future of our schools…
  7. How can we design schools for a future that we can’t possibly predict? Image: MattandBekah.com
  8. media centers? School: Cass Technical High School, Detroit Image: DesignShare.com
  9. music rooms? School: Celentano Museum Academy, New Haven, Connecticut Image: DesignShare.com
  10. social areas? School: High Tech High International, San Diego, California Image: DesignShare.com
  11. outdoor classrooms? School: Three Mile Creek Elementary, Perry, Utah Image: DesignShare.com
  12. open ceilings? School: Celentano Museum Academy, New Haven, Connecticut Image: DesignShare.com
  13. green spaces indoors? School: Universidad de Monterrey: Preparatoia Unidad Valle Alto, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico Image: DesignShare.com
  14. creative architecture? School: Georgetown South Child Development and Community Center, Manassas, Virginia Image: DesignShare.com
  15. early childhood education? School: Georgetown South Child Development and Community Center, Manassas, Virginia Image: DesignShare.com
  16. no chairs? Image: DesignShare.com
  17. auditoriums? School: New Saline High School, Saline Michigan Image: DesignShare.com
  18. colors? School: Stittsville Public School, Stittsville, Ontario, Canada Image: DesignShare.com
  19. computer labs? School: Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, Arizona Image: DesignShare.com
  20. balconies? School: Gwinnett University Center, Lawrencevilla, Georgia Image: DesignShare.com
  21. display cases? School: Kennewick Elementary School Kennebunk, Maine Image: DesignShare.com
  22. cave seating? School: St. Stephen’s School, Algester, Queensland, Australia Image: DesignShare.com
  23. round buildings? School: Gwinnett University Center, Lawrenceville, Georgia Image: DesignShare.com
  24. facilities open to the public? School: Little Village Lawndale High School, Chicago Image: DesignShare.com
  25. galleries for student work? School: Galef Center for Fine Arts Los Angeles, California Image: DesignShare.com
  26. flexible furniture? School: Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, Arizona Image: DesignShare.com
  27. small group meeting spaces? School: Cary Grove High School, Cary, Illinois Image: DesignShare.com
  28. hallways as classroom spaces? School: Pistorius-Schule, Herbrechtingen, Germany Image: DesignShare.com
  29. buildings on a hill? School: Hachoresch Elementary School, Zirchron Ya’acov, Israel Image: DesignShare.com
  30. learning centers? School: Three Mile Creek Elementary, Perry, Utah Image: DesignShare.com
  31. lobbies? School: West Haven Elementary School, West Haven, Utah Image: DesignShare.com
  32. multipurpose rooms? School: West Haven Elementary School, West Haven, Utah Image: DesignShare.com
  33. alternative sports? School: Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School Image: DesignShare.com
  34. courtyards? School: La Cañada High School, California Image: DesignShare.com
  35. non-traditional angles? School: Perspectives Charter School, Chicago Image: DesignShare.com
  36. glass walls? School: Nus High School of Mathematics and Science, Singapore Image: DesignShare.com
  37. outdoor study areas? School: Chung Cheng High School, Singapore Image: DesignShare.com
  38. modern playgrounds? School: Suzhou Singapore International School, Suzhou, China Image: DesignShare.com
  39. rooftops? School: Gwinnett University Center, Georgia Image: DesignShare.com
  40. production studios? School: Cambridge Media Arts School, Cambridge, Massachutsetts Image: DesignShare.com
  41. collaboration areas? School: Alpine Prototype Middle School, Alpine/Lehi, Utah Image: DesignShare.com
  42. skylights? School: Reim Elementary School, Israel Image: DesignShare.com
  43. faculty work areas? School: Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, Arizona Image: DesignShare.com
  44. classrooms on wheels? Image: DesignShare.com
  45. exposed architecture? School: Pistorius-Schule, Herbrechtingen, Germany Image: DesignShare.com
  46. greenhouses? School: IslandWood: A School in the Woods Bainbridge Island, Washington Image: DesignShare.com
  47. incorporating old growth? School: Paschalisschool, The Hague, Netherlands Image: DesignShare.com
  48. indoor play structures? School: Spruce Street Nursery School, Boston Image: DesignShare.com
  49. cultural learning spaces? School: Bronx Charter School for the Arts Image: DesignShare.com
  50. life-skills areas? School: Spruce Street Nursery School, Boston Image: DesignShare.com
  51. fitness centers? School: Cass Technical High School, Detroit Image: DesignShare.com
  52. outdoor amphitheaters? School: Nan Hua Secondary School Singapore Image: DesignShare.com
  53. playgrounds as learning tools? School: PS 40 M and PS 33 M, Long Island City, New York Image: DesignShare.com
  54. reading rooms? School: PS1/Bergen School, New York, New York Image: DesignShare.com
  55. reception desks? School: Keane Children’s Center/Charlestown Boys & Girls Club Charlestown, Massachusetts Image: DesignShare.com
  56. buildings as educational tools? School: Warren Skaaren Environmental Learning Center at Westcave Preserve Dripping Springs, Texas Image: DesignShare.com
  57. science labs? School: Romeo Engineering & Technology Center Romeo, Michigan Image: DesignShare.com
  58. solar panels? School: Heritage Middle School, Wake Forest, North Carolina Image: DesignShare.com
  59. sports fields? School: Oakwell Park, Napoleon, Ohio Image: NapoleonOhio.cc
  60. technology in the hallways? School: Hackberry Elementary School, Frisco, Texas Image: DesignShare.com
  61. activity spaces? School: PS1/Bergen School, New York, New York Image: DesignShare.com
  62. ecology areas? School: Missouri Dept of Conservation Discovery Center Kansas City, Missouri Image: DesignShare.com
  63. conference rooms? School: High Tech High International, San Diego, California Image: DesignShare.com
  64. “ We must be the change we wish to see in the world.” -Gandhi
  65. Pictures © DesignShare.com Music © James Horner, Braveheart Presentation Matt Horne
  66. be the change…

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