Photo Essays: Classroom Design
Figure 1.--The design of the prep school classroom is highly variable. This is because many are not purpose-built classrooms. Many prep schools were founded in old manor houses. The founder did the best he coukd to adapt the various spces to what a school required,including classrooms and dormitoiry spaces. We see maby classes being conducted in many make-shift rooms, sometines even winfowless basements. There are now far fewer of these substandardard rooms, but they do exist. Many would say that some of these rooms doi not meet the medium needs for a classroom. The anazing thing is that learning, effective learning does take place in these rooms.
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The design of the prep school classroom is highly variable. This is because many are not purpose-built classrooms. Many prep schools were founded in old manor houses. The founder did the best he coukd to adapt the various spces to what a school required,including classrooms and dormitoiry spaces. Successful schools have since expanded. Manhy have built ctul purpose built clasrooms as well as other facilities like a gym asbnd aufortirioum. This varied from school to school. But we see maby classes being conducted in many make-shift rooms, sometines even winfowless basements. There are now far fewer of these substandardard rooms, but they do exist. Many would say that some of these rooms doi not meet the medium needs for a classroom. The anazing thing is that learning, effective learning does take place in these rooms. Of course haveing a beautifully designed aury room is wonderful. And it gives the teacher greater flexibiklity in what he or she does in his classroom. The onec thingvthat it does not preclide is basic learning,including a heavy does of written wiek in reading.writing and numercy. It is not, however, the most important asoect as the impfessive results achieved at these schools testifies.
