School Building Design and Learning Performance

Table of contents:

General introduction

Part 1: Dilemmas: Quantity versus Quality Issues

Introduction
Eberhard Knapp 
School Building in Developing Countries: Is Quantity the Only Relevant Dimension of the Problem?
Michael Wilson 
The Fast Track Initiative and School Facilities: achieving the Second Millenium Development Goals
Kirtee Shah 
Architectural Quality in School Building Design: A view from India

Part 2: Research Findings

Introduction
Hannah von Ahlefeld 
What the OECD PISA study reveals about the physical learning environment
Nicole S. Simon, Gary W. Evans and Lorraine E. Maxwell 
Building Quality, Academical Achievement and Self-Competency in New York City Public Schools
Celen Pasalar 
Spaces for Learning Through Better Social Interaction

Part 3: Country Reports

Introduction
Mohamed Hassan Alsharafi 
Status of Educational facilities in Yemen
Osama Maghayday 
Public School Buildings in Jordan: Reality and Aspirations
Hatem Zaghloul Shalaby 
The School Planning Process and Maintenance of School Infrastructure in Egypt
Fawaz Mujahed and Ziyad Kullab 
Education in Palestine

Part 4: Project experiences

Introduction
Bernhard Kogel 
From « Standard-Design » to « Standard-Procedures »
Beatriz Fedrizzi and Ivelise Flach 
The Schoolyard as an Instrument to improve Learning Performance
Henry Sanoff 
Community Participation in an Elementary School Classroom Addition
Henry Sanoff 
Relating Educational Objectives to Learning Spaces: A Design Games Workshop
Yolanda Steijns 
New Didactic Approaches in Traditional School Buildings
Mitra Hedman 
Learnscape: School Architecture as the Connecting Link Between Child and Context
Enrico Sassi 
Urban clusters as strategy for the universita Campus in Lugano

Conclusions to the Colloquium

List of Participants