A child's eye view of primary school built environments

Intelligent Buildings International

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-123

  Barrett, Peter ^a   Zhang, Yufan ^a   Barrett, Lucinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Evidence; Primary school; Pupils' view

Indexed keywords

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EVIDENCE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTDOOR SPACE; PERSONALIZATIONS; PRIMARY SCHOOLS; PUPILS' VIEW; SHEER SIZE;

DESIGN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

SURVEYS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CHILD; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOOR; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STUDENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80052929302     PISSN: 17508975     EISSN: 17566932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2011.582315     Document Type: Article

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