School Design Matters: How School Design Relates to the Practice and Experience of Schooling

Book Details:

• Publisher: Routledge

• Author: Harry Daniels

• Language: English

• Edition: 1st

• ISBN: 9781138280113

• Pages: 190

• Cover: Paperback

• Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches

About the Book:

School Design Matters by Harry Daniels offers a deep dive into the complex relationship between school design and educational practice. Based on findings from the multi-disciplinary project, Design Matters?, this book looks at how the design of school environments can impact the perceptions, actions, and behaviors of everyone within the school community—pupils, teachers, leaders, and other professionals.

The book explores various debates and issues from different professional and academic perspectives, providing an insightful collaboration between schools, architects, engineers, educationalists, and policymakers. It asks the important question: What makes an inspiring teaching and learning environment? Through case studies, first-hand experiences, and student/teacher insights, it analyzes how environmental factors can shape teaching methods, influence leadership, increase student engagement, and improve social interactions within the school.

This comprehensive text tackles sociocultural contexts, refers to relevant policy, and deals with the tensions, dilemmas, and contradictions that arise when schools and professionals in the design and construction sectors work together. It looks at how design can contribute to, shape, and even mediate teaching and learning in ways that are inclusive and holistic.

Ideal for educationalists, architects, policymakers, and anyone involved in school building design, this book is a must-read for those who want to understand the true impact of environmental factors on the educational experience.