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Open Plan Schools. Educational Facilities Review Series Number 6.

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Title: Open Plan Schools. Educational Facilities Review Series Number 6.
Authors: Baas, Alan M., ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 8
Publication Date: 1972
Sponsoring Agency: National Center for Educational Research and Development (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC.
Contract Number: OEC-0-8-080353-3514
Descriptors: Classrooms, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities, Educational Innovation, Flexible Facilities, Literature Reviews, Modular Building Design, Open Plan Schools, Space Utilization, Systems Approach
Abstract: This document reviews the literature, previously cited in RIE, concerned with open plan schools. The open plan design is defined as one that encompasses large, open areas that shelter numbers of students, paraprofessionals, and teachers in a climate of daily change. Central to the discussion of the open plan concept is the consideration that a school building utilizing this innovative concept is being considered less and less as a static "facility" and more and more as a "catalyst" or a dynamic agent in the learning process. The 26 documents surveyed in this review are discussed under (1) flexibility and innovation, (2) evaluation, (3) information sources, (4) application, and (5) variation. (MLF)
Journal Code: RIENOV1972
Entry Date: 1972
Accession Number: ED064753
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This document reviews the literature, previously cited in RIE, concerned with open plan schools. The open plan design is defined as one that encompasses large, open areas that shelter numbers of students, paraprofessionals, and teachers in a climate of daily change. Central to the discussion of the open plan concept is the consideration that a school building utilizing this innovative concept is being considered less and less as a static "facility" and more and more as a "catalyst" or a dynamic agent in the learning process. The 26 documents surveyed in this review are discussed under (1) flexibility and innovation, (2) evaluation, (3) information sources, (4) application, and (5) variation. (MLF)