The High School of the Future A Focus on Technology,9781578861033

The High School of the Future A Focus on Technology

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Edition: CD
ISBN13: 9781578861033
ISBN10: 1578861039
Format: Package
Pub. Date: 2004-01-13
Publisher(s): R&L Education
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Summary

The authors bring together essential information on every stage of the process of creating a new public educational facility for boards of education, school building committees, district superintendents, and other decision makers. This book features case studies of recent exemplary high school construction projects, and provides a detailed educational specification that's genuinely future-oriented.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Preface ix
Foreword Think about It Today: The Need for a Pragmatic Futurist Approach to School Planning and Design xi
Introduction A Vision of the Future High School xxvii
Part I: Yesterday and Today
The High School of Yesterday
3(6)
The High School of Today
9(14)
Part II: Creating Schools Collaboratively
The Process of Creation---In Need of Improvement
23(8)
Collaboration in the Development of Educational Specifications
31(6)
Collaborative Design and Project Management
37(14)
A Case Study of Collaboration: East Lyme High School
51(8)
Part III: The High School of the Future
The High School of the Future: General Principles
59(4)
The High School of the Future: Design Requirements for Specific Curricular Areas
63(28)
The High School of the Future: Conceptual Drawings
91(2)
The High School of the Future: Achieving Balance in Design
93(6)
Part IV: Issues in High School Planning, Design, and Construction
Ensuring Health and Comfort in the Indoor Environment
99(14)
Exceptional Kids Need More Feet: Designing Barrier-Free Schools for Special-Education Students
113(10)
Harmony in Value Engineering
123(2)
Technology Utilization: A Futuristic Vision of Technology and Square Feet
125(8)
Passing Your School Referendum: Community Support Is Based on Credibility
133(10)
Conclusion Looking Ahead 143(2)
Sources Cited 145(2)
Online Resources 147(2)
Contributors 149(2)
Photo Credits 151

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