Teachers' views on the designs of their primary schools

Intelligent Buildings International

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 89-110

  Barrett, Peter ^a   Zhang, Yufan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

comfort; design; function; primary schools; teachers' view

Indexed keywords

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; COMFORT; CREATIVE SOLUTIONS; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; PRIMARY SCHOOLS; TEACHERS' VIEW;

DESIGN; FUNCTIONS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EDUCATION;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; DESIGN METHOD; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY EDUCATION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; STUDENT; TEACHING;

EID: 84865057593     PISSN: 17508975     EISSN: 17566932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2012.672305     Document Type: Article

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