PEB Exchange, Programme on Educational Building

ISSN :
1609-7548 (online)
DOI :
10.1787/16097548
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Articles from the OECD Programme on Educational Building’s PEB Exchange. Articles cover examples of innovative new educational building projects, new technologies, trends in educational architecture, and related management and policy issues.
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Open Plan Schools in Portugal

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Authors:
Miguel Martinho, José M. R. Freire da Silva1
Author Affiliations
  • 1: Ministry of Education, Portugal

Publication Date
01 Oct 2008
Bibliographic information
No:
2008/12
Pages
11
DOI
10.1787/234830442731

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Open plan schools have been largely contested in Portugal; many teachers, administrators and even parents consider this model of schooling inappropriate and therefore a failure. Recently however the Escola da Ponte, one of the open plan schools that has survived, was recognised as one of the country’s most innovative educational facilities. Curiously, one of the main reasons for the school’s "success", in the opinion of its teaching staff, is precisely the open space design.
Also available in: French
Keywords:
Portugal, learning environment, educational architecture, flexibility, school building design, educational buildings