Decent facilities and learning: Thirman A. Milner elementary school and beyond

Teachers College Record

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 442-460

  Uline, Cynthia L ^a  

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DOI: 10.1111/0161-4681.00061     Document Type: Article

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1. Education Writers Association, Wolves at the Schoolhouse Door: An Investigation of the Condition of Public School Buildings (Washington, D.C.: Education Writers Association), p. 4.
2. Health, Education and Human Services Division, School Facilities: Condition of American's Schools (Washington, D.C.: U.S. General Accounting Office, 1995), p. 2.
3. Ibid., p. 3
4. Ibid., pp. 11, 38.
5. David J. Hoff, "Clinton Renews Pitch for School Construction," Education Week, 17(1998): 34.
6. Ibid., p. 35.
7. See, for example, Basil Castaldi, Educational, Facilities Planning: Modernization and Management (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1994); Theodore J. Kowalski, Planning and Managing School Facilities (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1989); Deborah P. Moore, Guide for Planning Educational Facilities (The Council of Educational Facility Planners, International, 1991); Flora I. Ortiz, Schoolhousing: Planning and Designing Educational Facilities (Albany: State University ofNew York Press, 1994).
8. See, for example, Basil Castaldi, Educational, Facilities Planning: Modernization and Management (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1994); Theodore J. Kowalski, Planning and Managing School Facilities (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1989); Deborah P. Moore, Guide for Planning Educational Facilities (The Council of Educational Facility Planners, International, 1991); Flora I. Ortiz, Schoolhousing: Planning and Designing Educational Facilities (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994).
9. See, for example, Basil Castaldi, Educational, Facilities Planning: Modernization and Management (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1994); Theodore J. Kowalski, Planning and Managing School Facilities (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1989); Deborah P. Moore, Guide for Planning Educational Facilities (The Council of Educational Facility Planners, International, 1991); Flora I. Ortiz, Schoolhousing: Planning and Designing Educational Facilities (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994).
10. See, for example, Basil Castaldi, Educational, Facilities Planning: Modernization and Management (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1994); Theodore J. Kowalski, Planning and Managing School Facilities (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1989); Deborah P. Moore, Guide for Planning Educational Facilities (The Council of Educational Facility Planners, International, 1991); Flora I. Ortiz, Schoolhousing: Planning and Designing Educational Facilities (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994).
11. Elizabeth Hebert and Anne Meek, eds., Children, Learning, and School Design (Winnetka, IL: Winnetka Public Schools, 1992), p. 10.
12. See City of Hartford, Request for Proposal #4071: Management of the School District. (Hartford: Department of Finance Purchasing Division, 1994), p. 1.
13. See City of Hartford Department of Public Works, Contract Documents and Specificationsfor Additions and Renovations to the Milner Elementary School, Contract No. F95-05, 1995; Smith Edwards Architects, Plans for Additions and Alterations to Thirman L. Milner Elementary School (Hartford, Conn.: Smith Edwards, 1994).
14. See City of Hartford Department of Public Works, Contract Documents and Specifications for Additions and Renovations to the Milner Elementary School, Contract No. F95-05, 1995; Smith Edwards Architects, Plans for Additions and Alterations to Thirman L. Milner Elementary School (Hartford, Conn.: Smith Edwards, 1994).
15. See Francis D. K. Ching, Building Construction Illustrated (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1991).
16. Ohio Department of Education, 1990 Ohio Public School Facility Survey (Dublin, Ohio: Planning Advocates, Inc, 1990).
17. See John Dewey, Art as Experience, in Volume X: The Later Works 1925-1952, ed. Joanne Boyston (Carbondale & Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1989), p. 225.
18. Jacob W. Getzels, "Images of the Classroom and Visions of the Learner," School Review, 82 (1974): 538.
19. Harold L. Hawkins and Betty Lightfoot Overbaugh, "The Interface between Facilities and Learning," Council of Educational Facility Planners Journal, 26 (1988): 4-7.
20. Rosalie Genevro, "Introduction," in New Schools for New York: Plans and Precedents for Small Schools, ed. The Architectural League of New York (New York: Princeton University Press, 1992), p. 10.
21. Harold L. Hawkins and Betty Lightfoot Overbaugh, "The Interface between Facilities and Learning," p. 6.
22. See Elizabeth Hebert and Anne Meek, eds., Children, Learning, and School Design; The American Institute of Architects, Does Design Make a Difference? A Conference Sponsored By the AIA Committee on Architecture for Education (Scottsdale, Ariz.: The American Institute of Architects, 1997).
23. See Elizabeth Hebert and Anne Meek, eds., Children, Learning, and School Design; The American Institute of Architects, Does Design Make a Difference? A Conference Sponsored By the AIA Committee on Architecture for Education (Scottsdale, Ariz.: The American Institute of Architects, 1997).
24. See Patrick M. Duffy, Classrooms and Their Users: A Conceptual Mapping of Research on the Physical Environment of Schools (Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1992); Daniel L. Duke, Does It Matter Where Our Children Learn (White Paper, Washington, DC National Research Council of the Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, 1998); Paul V. Gump, "School and Classroom Environments," in Handbook of Environmental Psychology, ed. Daniel Stokols and Irwin Altman (New York: Wiley, 1987), pp. 691-731; Carroll W. McGuffey, "Facilities," in Improving Educational Standards, ed. Herbert J. Walberg (Berkeley Calif.: McCutchan Publishing Company, 1982), pp. 237-281; Gary T. Moore and Jeffrey A. Lackney, "School Design: Crisis, Educational Performance and Design Applications," Children's Environments, 10, no. 2 (1993): 99-112; Carol S. Weinstein,"The Physical Environment of the School: A Review of the Research" Review of Educational Research, 49 (1979): 577-610.
25. See Patrick M. Duffy, Classrooms and Their Users: A Conceptual Mapping of Research on the Physical Environment of Schools (Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1992); Daniel L. Duke, Does It Matter Where Our Children Learn (White Paper, Washington, DC National Research Council of the Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, 1998); Paul V. Gump, "School and Classroom Environments," in Handbook of Environmental Psychology, ed. Daniel Stokols and Irwin Altman (New York: Wiley,1987), pp. 691-731; Carroll W. McGuffey, "Facilities," in Improving Educational Standards, ed. Herbert J. Walberg (Berkeley Calif.: McCutchan Publishing Company, 1982), pp. 237-281;Gary T. Moore and Jeffrey A. Lackney, "School Design: Crisis, Educational Performance and Design Applications," Children's Environments, 10, no. 2 (1993): 99-112; Carol S. Weinstein,"The Physical Environment of the School: A Review of the Research" Review of Educational Research, 49 (1979): 577-610.
26. See Patrick M. Duffy, Classrooms and Their Users: A Conceptual Mapping of Research on the Physical Environment of Schools (Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1992); Daniel L. Duke, Does It Matter Where Our Children Learn (White Paper, Washington, DC National Research Council of the Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, 1998); Paul V. Gump, "School and Classroom Environments," in Handbook of Environmental Psychology, ed. Daniel Stokols and Irwin Altman (New York: Wiley,1987), pp. 691-731; Carroll W. McGuffey, "Facilities," in Improving Educational Standards, ed. Herbert J. Walberg (Berkeley Calif.: McCutchan Publishing Company, 1982), pp. 237-281;Gary T. Moore and Jeffrey A. Lackney, "School Design: Crisis, Educational Performance and Design Applications," Children's Environments, 10, no. 2 (1993): 99-112; Carol S. Weinstein,"The Physical Environment of the School: A Review of the Research" Review of Educational Research, 49 (1979): 577-610.
27. See Patrick M. Duffy, Classrooms and Their Users: A Conceptual Mapping of Research on the Physical Environment of Schools (Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1992); Daniel L. Duke, Does It Matter Where Our Children Learn (White Paper, Washington, DC National Research Council of the Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, 1998); Paul V. Gump, "School and Classroom Environments," in Handbook of Environmental Psychology, ed. Daniel Stokols and Irwin Altman (New York: Wiley,1987), pp. 691-731; Carroll W. McGuffey, "Facilities," in Improving Educational Standards, ed. Herbert J. Walberg (Berkeley Calif.: McCutchan Publishing Company, 1982), pp. 237-281;Gary T. Moore and Jeffrey A. Lackney, "School Design: Crisis, Educational Performance and Design Applications," Children's Environments, 10, no. 2 (1993): 99-112; Carol S. Weinstein,"The Physical Environment of the School: A Review of the Research" Review of Educational Research, 49 (1979): 577-610.
28. See Patrick M. Duffy, Classrooms and Their Users: A Conceptual Mapping of Research on thePhysical Environment of Schools (Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1992); Daniel L. Duke, Does It Matter Where Our Children Learn (White Paper, Washington, DC National Research Council of the Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, 1998); Paul V. Gump, "School and Classroom Environments," inHandbook of Environmental Psychology, ed. Daniel Stokols and Irwin Altman (New York: Wiley,1987), pp. 691-731; Carroll W. McGuffey, "Facilities," in Improving Educational Standards, ed. Herbert J. Walberg (Berkeley Calif.: McCutchan Publishing Company, 1982), pp. 237-281;Gary T. Moore and Jeffrey A. Lackney, "School Design: Crisis, Educational Performance and Design Applications," Children's Environments, 10, no. 2 (1993): 99-112; Carol S. Weinstein,"The Physical Environment of the School: A Review of the Research" Review of Educational Research, 49 (1979): 577-610.
29. See Patrick M. Duffy, Classrooms and Their Users: A Conceptual Mapping of Research on the Physical Environment of Schools (Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1992); Daniel L. Duke, Does It Matter Where Our Children Learn (White Paper, Washington, DC National Research Council of the Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, 1998); Paul V. Gump, "School and Classroom Environments," in Handbook of Environmental Psychology, ed. Daniel Stokols and Irwin Altman (New York: Wiley,1987), pp. 691-731; Carroll W. McGuffey, "Facilities," in Improving Educational Standards, ed. Herbert J. Walberg (Berkeley Calif.: McCutchan Publishing Company, 1982), pp. 237-281;Gary T. Moore and Jeffrey A. Lackney, "School Design: Crisis, Educational Performance and Design Applications," Children's Environments, 10, no. 2 (1993): 99-112; Carol S. Weinstein,"The Physical Environment of the School: A Review of the Research" Review of Educational Research, 49 (1979): 577-610.
30. See D. E. Berlyne, Conflict, Arousal and Personality (New York: McCraw Hill, 1960).
31. Sybil Kritchevsky and Elizabeth Prescott, Planning Environments for Young Children: Physical Space (Washington D.C.: National Association for the Education of Young Children,1969), p. 5.
32. Maureen M. Berner, "Building Conditions, Parental Involvement, and Student Achievement in the District of Columbia Public School System," Urban Education, 28 (1993): 23.
33. See, for example, J. Howard Bowers and Charles W. Burkett, "Physical Environment Influences Related to Student Achievement, Health, Attendance, and Behavior," Council ofEducational Facility Planners Journal, 26 (1988): 33-34; Harold L. Hawkins and Betty Lightfoot Overbaugh, "The Interface Between Facilities and Learning"; Ralph Roland Karst, "A Comparison of School Facility Quality with Teacher and Pupil User Attitudes," Council of Educational Facility Planners Journal, 22 (1984): 21-22.
34. See, for example, J. Howard Bowers and Charles W. Burkett, "Physical Environment Influences Related to Student Achievement, Health, Attendance, and Behavior," Council of Educational Facility Planners Journal, 26 (1988): 33-34; Harold L. Hawkins and Betty Lightfoot Overbaugh, "The Interface Between Facilities and Learning"; Ralph Roland Karst, "A Comparison of School Facility Quality with Teacher and Pupil User Attitudes," Council of Educational Facility Planners Journal, 22 (1984): 21-22.
35. See, for example, J. Howard Bowers and Charles W. Burkett, "Physical Environment Influences Related to Student Achievement, Health, Attendance, and Behavior," Council of Educational Facility Planners Journal, 26 (1988): 33-34; Harold L. Hawkins and Betty Lightfoot Overbaugh, "The Interface Between Facilities and Learning"; Ralph Roland Karst, "A Comparison of School Facility Quality with Teacher and Pupil User Attitudes," Council of Educational Facility Planners Journal, 22 (1984): 21-22.
36. See J. Howard Bowers and Charles W. Burkett, "Physical Environment Influences Related to Student Achievement, Health, Attendance, and Behavior."
37. See Albert Mehrabian and Shirley G. Diamond, "Effects of Furniture Arrangement,Props, and Personality on Social Interaction," Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 20(1971): 18-30.
38. See Stephen Worchel and Charles Teddlie, "The Experience of Crowding: A Two-Factor Theory," Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 34 (1976): 30-40.
39. See John W. Santrock, "Affect and Facilitative Self Control: Influence of EcologicalSetting, Cognition, and Social Agent," Journal of Educational Psychology, 68 (1976): 529-535.
40. See, for example, Anthony Barton, "The Hard-Soft School," in Alternative Learning Environments, ed. Gary Coates (Stroudsburg, Penn.: Dowden, Hutchinson, and Ross, 1974),pp. 118-122; Robert Sommer and Helge J. Olsen, "The Soft Classroom," Environment and Behavior, 1 (1980): 3-16.
41. See, for example, Anthony Barton, "The Hard-Soft School," in Alternative Learning Environments, ed. Gary Coates (Stroudsburg, Penn.: Dowden, Hutchinson, and Ross, 1974),pp. 118-122; Robert Sommer and Helge J. Olsen, "The Soft Classroom," Environment and Behavior, 1 (1980): 3-16.
42. See Patrick M. Duffy, Classrooms and Their Users: A Conceptual Mapping of Research on thePhysical Environment of Schools; Carroll W. McGuffey, "Facilities"; Gary T. Moore and Jeffrey A. Lackney, "School Design: Crisis, Educational Performance and Design Applications"; Carol S.Weinstein, "The Physical Environment of the School: A Review of the Research".
43. See Patrick M. Duffy, Classrooms and Their Users: A Conceptual Mapping of Research on thePhysical Environment of Schools; Carroll W. McGuffey, "Facilities"; Gary T. Moore and Jeffrey A. Lackney, "School Design: Crisis, Educational Performance and Design Applications"; Carol S.Weinstein, "The Physical Environment of the School: A Review of the Research".
44. See Patrick M. Duffy, Classrooms and Their Users: A Conceptual Mapping of Research on the Physical Environment of Schools; Carroll W. McGuffey, "Facilities"; Gary T. Moore and Jeffrey A. Lackney, "School Design: Crisis, Educational Performance and Design Applications"; Carol S.Weinstein, "The Physical Environment of the School: A Review of the Research".
45. See Patrick M. Duffy, Classrooms and Their Users: A Conceptual Mapping of Research on the Physical Environment of Schools; Carroll W. McGuffey, "Facilities"; Gary T. Moore and Jeffrey A. Lackney, "School Design: Crisis, Educational Performance and Design Applications"; Carol S.Weinstein, "The Physical Environment of the School: A Review of the Research".
46. Gary T. Moore and Jeffrey A. Lackney, "School Design: Crisis, Educational Performance and Design Applications," p. 101.
47. Cynthia L. Uline, "School Architecture as a Subject of Inquiry," Journal of School Leadership, 7 (1997): 203.
48. John C. Baird, "Aesthetic Factors in Adult and Child Evaluation of Visual Space," in Mind Child Architecture, ed. John C. Baird and Anthony D. Lutkus (Hanover and London: University Press of New England, 1982), p. 105.
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50. John C. Baird, "Aesthetic Factors in Adult and Child Evaluation of Visual Space"; John C. Baird and Anthony D. Lutkus, "From Spatial Perception to Architectural Construction," in Mind Child Architecture, ed. John C. Baird and Anthony D. Lutkus (Hanover and London: University Press of New England, 1982), pp. 3-22.
51. Cynthia L. Uline, "School Architecture as a Subject of Inquiry," pp. 198-199.
52. Henry Sanoff, "Designing a Responsive School: Benefits of a Participatory Process," The School Administrator, June (1996): 20.
53. Ibid.
54. Cynthia L. Uline, "School Architecture as a Subject of Inquiry," p. 200.
55. Henry Sanoff, "Designing a Responsive School: Benefits of a Participatory Process."
56. Henry Sanoff, Participatory Design: Theory and Techniques (Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina State University, 1990), p. 7.
57. Henry Sanoff, "Designing a Responsive School: Benefits of a Participatory Process."
58. Ibid.
59. Sandra R. Sabo, "Getting it Right," The American School Board Journal, 181 (1994): 35-37.
60. Ibid., p. 36.
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62. Henry Barnard, School Architecture, pp. 45, 46, 55.
63. William W. Cutler, "Cathedral of Culture: The Schoolhouse in American EducationalThought and Practice Since 1820," History of Education Quarterly, 29, no. 1 (1989): 8.
64. Donald J. Willower, "Synthesis and Projection," in Handbook of Research on Educational Administration, ed. Norman J. Boyan (New York and London: Longman, Inc., 1988), pp. 729-747.
65. Cynthia L. Uline, "School Architecture as a Subject of Inquiry."