WEEK 7 Response
IRIKAA PILANIA
ARC540_HUMAN CONTEXT
The community is important, people create communities for themselves (clubs, fraternities etc.) buildings built for such purposes are later reused for some other purpose. One of the major element of this community is a learning network which achieved in form of school/ shops. The right setting for a child is the community itself, just as the right setting for an infant learning to speak in his own home. According to me, it will be easier to coordinate if there will be a small number of schools, as there will be a lower student-teacher ratio. This approach to schooling- the mini school or shop front school has been tried in a number of communities across the states.
The intimacy and small scale of school should be imitated widely since these things alone make possible the human contact capable of curing the diseases we have been naming with such frequency for last ten years. Spatial variety and ambiance can reinforce a gradient of public-to-private space. People want opportunities for both. The building follows intimacy gradient eg homes. Thus having a balance between both. For example, the rosa park elementary school is designed with the participation of the
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A place can contribute to productivity and creativity, it can get in the way and limit efforts. A well-designed place can provide a nudge that guides users to good results and offer cues to support better performance. Lately, the open office plans have been very popular as they are supposed to improve efficiency by allowing for more interaction between office staff. A variety of spaces needs to be provided in offices, spaces for teamwork, standing tables, moving walls, comfy sofa everything. However, when taken too far, this idea does not work, as rows and rows of workstations create ennui. At some level, privacy is also required for tasks needing concentration “isolation rooms” or silent booths can
It's our community and the family we have built in this community. Every community is special in its own way, and it should be something that we respect between other communities. Normally, we see multiple middle schools merge into a high school. However, in our district, we already see division in our community after middle school.
A school based community would need to be form to help improve the school. The school based community will involve everyone in the decision making process. I would seek feedback from parents to see what they expect from the school. A discussion of how teachers and parents can contribute to the vision will also be added. The stakeholders will have to understand their roles in order for process to be successful.
First of all we should analyze environment and try to know community that live in our school district; therefore,
The modern school system and medieval villages are built in a homogeneous fashion. The typical school system encompasses many different fiefdoms, or schools, with a central complex, where the king or
Many years ago we had what was called night school and every school district identified one school to conduct night school. The beauty of night school was that it was run by the school district therefore, it was certified and the kids received credit for class they attended. I’m not talking about Adult Learning Program; this is for the children attending high school. Security would still have to be provided for the same reasons that was previously mention. The kids would be responsible for their own transportation, which cuts down on costs.
Artifact Assignment Arpandeep Kaur Sheridan College ARTIFACT ASSIGNMENT Hello, my name is Arpandeep Kaur. I am a student of Early Childhood Education which is a branch of education theory where hands-on hands experience are achieved and which relates to the teaching of young children up until the age of about eight. Being a student of early childhood education, in this assignment, I would like to discuss
A community, a complex term that often times elicits various feelings and definitions, generally implies that there are relationships between a group of people that share some common goals, values, the same geographical location, or, perhaps a way of life that reinforces one another. In a community, members choose to associate with, or connect to each other. However, it is only when we take a step back from the activities in our life’s, do we recognize reality and witness the social interactions that occur around us every day. The overarching purpose of this assignment was to go out into the community on two separate occasions to observe the social interactions- paying close attention to evidence of social networks, excluded or exclusive communities,
Utilizing that knowledge in architectural and urban design can guide architecture towards a more humane experience.
According to Bronfenbrenner (1979), the environment in which an individual resides plays a significant role in determining how they develop as a person. In the case of Manny, the environment comprises of depleted tenement dwellings within a predominantly Yiddish speaking 1920s Jewish community in Whitechapel, East London. Bronfenbrenner (1979) likened the environment systems that influence the development of a person to that of a set of Russian Dolls; each structure occupying the space within that of another structure. It is a common assumption that each of these structures interacts with one another and thus the development of the individual is able to ensue (Kipp and Shaffer, 2010). The innermost of Brenfenbrenner’s (1979) environmental layers is known as the microsystem and concerns the interactions that take place within an individual’s immediate community which, for the majority of young children, is primarily, although not limited to, the family.
Why is it that school's and communities are deemed separate? When realistically to elevate education one must understand how outside influences affect students within the classroom? Why do these biases exist? I would argue that both elementary, high schools and universities build metaphorical walls that separate communities into hierarchies. For example, one might assume that a school
There are various studies that are carried out to establish that those people who have messy desk are found to be more productive than others. In this article we will focus on the points
This will help mitigate inequalities we see in the remaining two schools when the funding goes towards improving Main Street. Finally, the students allocating to King Street can engage in extracurricular activities, actively help the community, and still continue with their part-time jobs. They could help the other children diversify in their activities, such as influencing them to volunteer more. Overall, my decision would help improve the educational and social environments of the remaining
The success of this program can be attributed to one of its main principles where there is a strong parent-teacher-community cooperation, as Gandini said (2003), “Education has to focus on each child, not considered in isolation, but seen in relation with the family, with the other children, with the teachers, with the environment of the school, with the community, and with the wider society” (Values and Principles of the Reggio Emilia Approach section, para.
This is mostly limited, and with different types of schooling. It is important to note however, because the vast majority of students attend the school closest to their home. In the New York City small school initiative, Schwartz, Stiefel, and Wiswall (2013) found that for every mile further from the school, students were 10% less likely to attend that small school. This could be attributed to students being located within other small school zones, or simply wishing to attend the larger school which could be located