CELE Exchange, Centre for Effective Learning Environments

ISSN :
2072-7925 (online)
DOI :
10.1787/20727925
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CELE Exchange, formerly PEB Exchange, is the journal of the OECD Centre for Effective Learning Environments (CELE). It addresses issues related to providing a quality educational infrastructure in a cost-effective way. Innovative and environmentally sustainable design, asset management, school safety, and campus development are some of the themes covered.

CELE Exchange informs its readers – educators, policy makers, architects, managers and others concerned with schools and universities – of international events, recent publications and research, member countries' experiences and OECD activities promoting the efficient planning and management of educational facilities.

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Can the Physical Environment Have an Impact on the Learning Environment? You or your institution have access to this content

Authors:
Peter C. Lippman1
Author Affiliations
  • 1: JCJ Architecture, New York, United States

Publication Date
01 Nov 2010
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No:
2010/13
Pages
7
DOI
10.1787/5km4g21wpwr1-en

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How can designers create more innovative and sustainable learning environments? This paper argues in favour of challenging best practice" generally accepted by the architectural profession by embracing a responsive design approach. Such an approach accepts that the environment shapes the learner, and that learners influence their environment...
Also available in: French
Keywords:
practice theory, learning environment, transactional relationship, physical environment