"Diversity in places for learning is an absolute necessity" Jan Wagemakers, Jeff Lackney, Elly Reinders

Innovative Learning Environment Links:

• Innovative Learning Environments
The American Institute of Architects Committee on Architecture for Education, Amsterdam 2000
http://www.designshare.com/Research/AIA/AIA_AMS_Proceedings/AIA_AMS_1.htm

New Zealand Links:
Education Gazette articles about school development

• Willowbank School in Auckland is the first primary school to be built to the new School
Property Guide Specifications, to a certain extent their own specifications.
http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/articles/show_articles.cgi?id=5995

• Schools of the future
Kerry Stewart reports on two new primary schools due to open in Auckland next year, both with
quite distinctive designs.
http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/articles/show_articles.cgi?id=5996

• Fort design
Coming up with a solution to combat Wellington's notorious wind provided a challenge for architects designing the city's new primary school.
http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/articles/show_articles.cgi?id=5998

American links:

• "Designs for Learning: Building Schools for the 21st Century"
http://www.ed.gov/inits/stm/stm-9806.html

• Sustainable Design and Student Performance
"The environment of a given educational facility has a considerable effect on the daily activities of those using the facility. Students, teachers and staff can’t always verbalize what they like about the physical details of a building but they recognize the effect the building has on them. Research has shown that the condition of a school building definitely affects student achievement and student behavior and that there are elements of facility design that are perceived to improve the learning climate (Maiden, 1998,p.40)."
http://www.pprc.org/pprc/pubs/topics/schools/design.html

• Influence of the School Facility on Student Achievement:
http://www.coe.uga.edu/sdpl/researchabstracts/visual.html

• Classroom acoustics - Resource list
http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/acoustics.cfm

• National Clearinghouse for Educational facilities - Resource list
http://www.edfacilities.org/index.html

• The Relationship of School Design to Academic Achievement of Elementary School Children
http://www.coe.uga.edu/sdpl/research.html

• Articles on Classroom design
http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/classroom_design.cfm

• Schools and the Design Challenge
"To build or rebuild our schools without rethinking the experiences that take place within them seems as unwise as revamping teaching and learning without considering new designs for learning environments. Together, these trends create an opportunity to redesign both schools and schooling."
http://www.pprc.org/pprc/pubs/topics/schools/apply.html#challenge

Amsterdam Watershed links:

• An interactive forum on innovative alternatives in learning environments
By Randall Fielding, January 2001
http://designshare.com/Research/AIA/AIA_Amsterdam/AMS_Watershed_1.htm

School Size debate:

• After decades of building large schools, many communities have begun to
reconsider the benefits of bigness.
http://www.edfacilities.org/pubs/size.html

• Bigger Isn't Better
Smaller Schools Can Stem Violence and Boost Student Performance
By Andrew Rotherham
http://www.ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?contentid=1196&kaid=110&subid=134