N°
2001/15
01 oct 2001
The Impact of Time on the Design of Learning Environments Prakash Nair
This article is a report on the Time Workshop held at the international conference on "Innovative Alternatives in Learning Environments" in November 2000. The report, written by Prakash Nair, a U.S. expert on school facilities and technology, includes significant input from Hans F. Van Aalst,...
N°
2001/14
01 oct 2001
The Intelligent School François Louis
On 14 and 15 December 2000 the Milan Centre for Educational Innovation and Experimentation (CISEM), a research institute reporting to the Province of Milan and the Union of Italian Provinces, held an international seminar sponsored by the province and entitled "Intelligent School – Towards the...
N°
2001/13
01 oct 2001
The School of the Future David Istance
On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, PEB invited experts to debate the continuing need for educational buildings at a one-day seminar in June 2001 entitled "Temples of Learning or White Elephants? What Future for Educational Buildings?" The OECD Centre for Educational Research and...
N°
2001/12
01 oct 2001
The Relationship Between Capital Investment and Pupil Performance OCDE
The United Kingdom’s Department for Education and Skills commissioned a major study to examine the relationship between capital investment in schools and subsequent academic attainment. In particular, a key objective of the study was to establish, if possible, the additional effect in terms of...
N°
2001/11
01 oct 2001
An International Campus in Switzerland OCDE
The International School of Geneva has three campuses in the region of Lake Geneva and now has a total enrolment of some 3 500 pupils; more than 100 nationalities are represented. In order to prevent overcrowding on existing campuses and to meet the growing demand, the Foundation of the...
N°
2001/10
01 juin 2001
School Building Organisation in Greece OCDE
The national organisation responsible for school buildings in Greece has been converted into a public limited company. The School Building Organisation (SBO) was established in 1962 to design and construct new buildings and provide educational equipment. In 1998 the SBO was transformed into an...
N°
2001/09
01 juin 2001
Facility Benchmarking Trends in Tertiary Education Kenn Fisher
Extensive efforts world-wide have been made to develop performance measures for the physical infrastructure of educational institutions. However, this issue is not easy to resolve given the differences in data collection and management within individual countries and between countries. The...
N°
2001/08
01 juin 2001
School Reform and Construction in the Province of Rovigo, Italy Valerio Gasparetto
The legislative framework of the Italian education system has changed radically over the past five years. After decades of announcing, discussing, proposing and experimenting with reform, the school of tomorrow is rapidly becoming a reality. Is it possible today to construct school buildings...
N°
2001/07
01 juin 2001
The Amsterdam Watershed Randall Fielding
Bruce Jilk is an architect and educational planner at KKE Architects in Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States). Jilk was chair at the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) November 2000 conference in Amsterdam (Netherlands), where he introduced the conference on "Innovative Alternatives in...
N°
2001/06
01 juin 2001
Living as Students OCDE
In November 2000, the City of Bologna, Italy, welcomed a conference entitled "Living as Students". The event was part of the European Capital of Culture project which examined the major role Bologna has played and continues to play as a university city. It also looked at the role of cities that...
N°
2001/05
01 juin 2001
The United Kingdom's Classrooms of the Future Chris Bissell
Last year the UK Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) developed proposals for an initiative in school building design that became known as Classrooms of the Future. Its objective is to develop a number of pilot projects which explore different design options for the delivery of...
N°
2001/04
01 fév 2001
Schools for the 21st Century Prakash Nair
Prakash Nair of the United States proposes the list below for evaluating how a school measures up to the most important requirements of the 21st century. It addresses architects, administrators, head teachers, pupils and others responsible for or interested in the design of a new school or the...
N°
2001/03
01 fév 2001
The Multifunctional Digital Centre Philip G. Altbach
Higher education faces multiple problems in the new millennium, and these are especially acute in developing countries, where expansion is taking place at the same time that state financing is declining and the challenges of technology, access and the maintenance of quality loom ever larger....
N°
2001/02
01 fév 2001
Towards a Learning Society Walter Koll, John Travers, Cecilia Wilson
LETA 2000 was one of Australia’s most significant networking activities in educational technology last year. Moreover it provided an important opportunity to showcase Australia’s as well as other countries’ achievements in the application of information technology to learning. A unique system...
N°
2001/01
01 fév 2001
School Design and Management Patrick Alt
What link can be established between successful teaching and learning, and school design? Three examples of large-scale school construction and renovation projects in France may go some way towards answering this question.
N°
2000/13
01 oct 2000
The Science Resource Area in the State-of-the-Art High School James T. Biehle
It appears that science education is moving more and more toward individual and small-group, hands-on projects and away from the "sage on the stage" lecture and "one size fits all" laboratory projects. Many of the individual concepts elaborated in this paper have been constructed in schools...
N°
2000/12
01 oct 2000
New Technology and Education in Finland Ritva Kivi
On 23 April 1999, the Ministry of Education published a new National Strategy for Education, Training and Research in the Information Society for 2000–2004.
N°
2000/11
01 oct 2000
Invention, Maintenance and Renewal of Urban Educational Facilities Jean Drouin, Manfred Hinum, Ken Beeton, Prakash Nair, John Mayfield
PEB co-hosted a symposium entitled "Invention, Maintenance, and Renewal of Urban Educational Facilities: Global Challenges and Community Solutions" with the American Institute of Architects’ Committee on Architecture for Education and the CEFPI Urban Education Facilities NE Chapter in October...
N°
2000/10
01 oct 2000
School Premises and Violence Michel Born
The eruption of violence in society is a natural phenomenon; its rise or fall depends on complex, interrelated social processes. The same applies to violence on school premises, any study of which must address the individual characteristics of young people who perpetrate violence and the...
N°
2000/09
01 oct 2000
City Learning Centres for the 21st Century Jonathan Ibikunle
The Department for Education and Employment in England has launched the Excellence in Cities (EiC) initiative, aimed at driving up standards in inner city schools. A key element of this initiative is the City Learning Centres (CLCs). By providing outstanding local facilities, the centres will...
N°
2000/08
01 juin 2000
Wired Versus Wireless Randall Fielding, Glenn Meeks, Prakash Nair
What follows is an edited transcript of an interview with Glenn Meeks and Prakash Nair by Randall Fielding, U.S. architect and planner, contributing editor to "School Construction News" and the editor of "Design Share".
N°
2000/07
01 juin 2000
The Changing Infrastructure of Tertiary Education William A. Daigneau, Jan Ivar Mattsson, Jean-Pascal Foucault, John Rushforth, Richard Yelland
Technological, economic and social changes are putting growing pressures on teaching methods and programmes and pointing to new trends in tertiary education. Is existing infrastructure flexible enough to meet the changing demands? What new forms of facilities governance and funding are proving...
N°
2000/06
01 juin 2000
Belgium, the Library of the ULB Christian Brouwer, Françoise Vandooren
The project to build a new library at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) arose because library resources and services had become scattered across the campus, due to a lack of space in the original library building. The facilities and services needed to be adapted to the evolution of...
N°
2000/05
01 juin 2000
New York's School for the Physical City Luanne Konopko
The School for the Physical City was built in an office building in the central business district of Manhattan for 500 students, in grades 7 through 12, who use the city’s infrastructure as a vehicle for studying traditional academic disciplines. It is one of the new, small theme schools...
N°
2000/04
01 fév 2000
Improving the Performance of the Higher Education Estate Jim Whelan
The Higher Education Funding Councils for England, Scotland and Wales commissioned a research project into the development of estate management statistics for the higher education sector. The key tasks of the research were to identify key estate management "performance indicators", develop...
N°
2000/03
01 fév 2000
Turkey's Basic Education Programme A. Remzi Sezgin
In August 1997, the Government of Turkey greatly increased its efforts to implement eight-year obligatory education, through parliamentary approval of Law No. 4306 for Basic Education. The law mobilises significant resources for a major investment in school facilities through earmarked taxes,...
N°
2000/02
01 fév 2000
Designing Schools for the Information Society John Mayfield
The roles and functions of the school library are changing rapidly and in fundamental ways. The aim of the report is to provide a set of guidelines for people involved in the design of new and existing schools – especially those involved with school libraries and their links with the local...
N°
2000/01
01 fév 2000
Providing for Disabled Students OCDE
Students with physical disabilities at the University of Grenoble are offered a range of services provided by various specialised and complementary structures to meet the needs of student life. A number of associations and government sectors have joined forces in quite a unique way to build a...
N°
1999/17
01 oct 1999
Space Utilisation John Simmons, Kenn Fisher
A Sydney University, Australia, case study by John Simmons, Facilities Management Office, University of Sydney, and Kenn Fisher, Woods Bagot Architects, Australia.
N°
1999/16
01 oct 1999
Quebec Energy Performance Contracts for the School System Jean Drouin
This article takes a brief look at the new rules covering energy performance contracts for Quebec school boards. It discusses the following questions: the school boards’ educational buildings; the school boards’ energy performance; regulations with regard to the awarding of contracts in the...
N°
1999/15
01 oct 1999
An Update on Asset Management Plans in the United Kingdom Mukund Patel
Government, because of its commitment to education, is making significant additional capital funding available to the schools sector. Over the next three years, through various policy initiatives, about GBP 6 billion will be available to clear the maintenance backlog and improve school...
N°
1999/14
01 oct 1999
School Libraries in the Information Society Manfred Hinum, Johanna Hladej, Jean-Marie Moonen, Guy Pouzard, Paolo Benesperi, Clive A. J. Marsden
PEB and the Ministry of Education of Portugal brought together 67 library and resource centre professionals, policy makers, educators and information technology specialists from 21 countries around the theme "Designing Schools for the Information Society: Libraries and Resource Centres". The...
N°
1999/13
01 oct 1999
Austria's Training Firms OCDE
Austria proudly claims to be the first country to make training firm work compulsory in secondary commercial schools and secondary colleges for business administration. In its other secondary schools offering vocational training and colleges, training firms may be chosen as an additional programme.
N°
1999/12
01 oct 1999
The School 2001 Project in Pendao, Portugal Isabel Mendinhos
This article is an extract from a presentation made by Isabel Mendinhos to the PEB Steering Committee in June 1999. The project she describes, School 2001, concerns a school for lower secondary education, School E.B. 2,3 Professor Galopin de Carvalho in Pendao, Portugal where she teaches. A new...
N°
1999/11
01 juin 1999
Study Support in Extra Time in the United Kingdom Roy Sowden
In spring 1999, the United Kingdom launched a major initiative that will extend the use of school buildings. Good schools in both public and private sectors have always engaged in recreational and learning activities outside normal school hours. The government has now decided to invest 200...
N°
1999/10
01 juin 1999
After-Hours Use of Schools OCDE
Experience in a number of OECD countries today continues to demonstrate how after-hours use of schools can improve student success through more study time, add value to the formal curriculum through extra-curricular activities, provide adults with opportunities for personal development or...
N°
1999/09
01 juin 1999
School Construction in the United States John B. Lyons
The following is taken from the "Annual School Construction Report, January 1999" written by John B. Lyons of the United States Department of Education.
N°
1999/08
01 juin 1999
Needs Analysis in Belgium's Flemish Community Geert Leemans
Confronted with a growing need for educational buildings and a significant lack of funds, Belgium’s Flemish Community carried out an inquiry into building needs at all levels of education. This article concentrates on the methodology used for the inquiry, the findings and the consequences for...
N°
1999/07
01 fév 1999
Educational Facilities in Korea Gi Nam Kim
A programme is currently underway in Korea to modernise and equip school buildings in order to better meet today’s teaching needs.
N°
1999/06
01 fév 1999
An Innovative School in Torcy, France OCDE
The Torcy Junior High School is located on the outskirts of the new town of Marne la Vallée in the Paris suburbs, between a motorway and a stretch of ordinary countryside on a site overlooking a small lake. Special attention was paid to its geographic setting and to the various aspects of its...
N°
1999/05
01 fév 1999
Albanian Model School Vera Kavaja
The school soon to be completed in Paskuqan, a suburb of Tirana, was created to meet the present and changing needs of the community. The long-lasting, flexible structure designed to stimulate learning is the result of a close collaboration between pedagogical and building experts. The Albania...
N°
1999/04
01 fév 1999
The United Kingdom's School Asset Management Plans Alan Jones
Provisional Guidance on Asset Management Plans (AMPs) for schools was published by the Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) in August 1998. These plans will help English Local Education Authorities (LEAs) to identify, agree and address the most urgent and important priorities in their...
N°
1999/03
01 fév 1999
School Science Laboratories OCDE
Science laboratories in schools are expensive to equip and maintain. Specific pedagogical needs, new technology and safety requirements contribute to the costs. In an effort to get the most efficient use of facilities, some countries are rethinking school labs with a move toward more flexible...
N°
1999/02
01 fév 1999
Educational Building and Decentralisation in Mexico OCDE
The Administrative Board of the Federal School Construction Programme (CAPFCE) has been in existence for 54 years, but it was only in 1977 that initial efforts were made to transfer responsibility for educational building to the administrations of the 32 states of Mexico. The CAPFCE is now a...
N°
1999/01
01 fév 1999
The Netherlands' School Building Prize OCDE
The School Building Prize has been awarded every two years since 1992 to Dutch school boards that have proved able to embrace new directions in school building design while keeping within their available budget. The Prize, which has drawn acclaim for the development of high quality educational...
N°
1998/11
01 oct 1998
Canadian Funding Competition for Research Infrastructure OCDE
Late last year the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) announced the launch of a national competition for funding infrastructure projects in Canadian research institutions.
N°
1998/10
01 oct 1998
A Visit to Three Parisian School Libraries Jill Gaston
An architect and a librarian from the Albania Educational Development Program were in Paris for the PEB Experts’ Meeting on Libraries and Resource Centres for Tertiary Education. While in town, they visited three public schools – an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school – for...
N°
1998/09
01 oct 1998
Teaching Environmentally Sustainable Design in Schools John Gelder
This article explores three ways in which students may be taught about environmentally sustainable design. The first is through the passive example of the school premises. The second is through architects-in-schools schemes, with reference to the school premises. And the third is through...
N°
1998/08
01 oct 1998
The Netherlands' Study House Kenn Fisher
As a result of feedback by employers and tertiary institutions, an innovative form of "learning architecture" is emerging in secondary schools in the Netherlands. Dutch curriculum authorities decided that an entirely new approach was required. In an environment that is far removed from the...
N°
1998/07
01 oct 1998
Architectural Competition for a Secondary School in Switzerland Eric Biéler, Michael Hacker
The provision of new schools in established urban areas poses specific design challenges that are not common to schools on green field sites: Proposals to build a new secondary school close to the busy commercial centre of the city of Geneva posed just such a challenge and to meet it the...
