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Design Process looks at
who should be involved in the design process, what questions
to ask during each phase, and ways of engaging people into
the process. |
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Structural issues
looks at issues that affect the actual building and fabric
of the school, for example light and air flow. |
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Inside school looks at
things such as furniture and colour schemes and the sorts of
spaces needed within the school. |
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Education Policy
discusses the areas of government education policy that
impact on school design; Specialist schools, Academies,
Extended schools and the 14-19 Education and Skills White
Paper. |
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Hidden Curriculum
discusses the things that are not on the curriculum, but
which students learn from school without it being
intentionally taught. |
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Invitational schools
looks at the theory developed by Purkey et al since 1984.
Purkey argues that schools ought to be inviting places.
This can be achieved through people, places, programmes,
policies and processes. |
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School as a tool
discusses the idea of using functional parts of the school,
such as the kitchen, to teach young people. |
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School grounds
looks at design considerations for outside
spaces |
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Safety and security
looks at the issue of keeping staff and students safe, and
discusses the balance between having an invitational school
and a secure school. |
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Future
Proofing is about ensuring that school
buildings are not only fit for purpose over the next
few years, but suitable to house education over a longer
period of time. |
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IT and Technology
considers the importance of IT and other technologies in
school design, as well as the ways in which IT's full
benefits may not be experienced by teaching staff and
pupils. |
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Sustainability highlights
the areas in which school buildings could be more
sustainable and ways to encourage children and young people
to adopt a sustainable lifestyle. |
