Designing for Learning: Creating Campus Environments for Student Success

ISBN-13: 9781118823521 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 368 str.

C. Carney Strange; James H. Banning

Opis

Understand the design factors of campus environmental theory that impact student success and create a campus of consequence Designing for Learning is a comprehensive introduction to campus environmental theory and practice, summarizing the influence of collegiate environments on learning and providing practical strategies for facilitating student success through intentional design. This second edition offers new coverage of universal design, learning communities, multicultural environments, online environments, social networking, and safety, and challenges educators to evaluate the potential for change on their own campuses. You'll learn which factors make a living-learning community effective, and how to implement these factors in the renovation of campus facilities. An updated selection of vignettes, case scenarios, and institutional examples help you apply theory to practice, and end-of-chapter reflection questions allow you to test your understanding and probe deeper into the material and how it applies to your environment. Campus design is no longer just about grassy quads and ivy-covered walls--the past decade has seen a surge in new designs that facilitate learning and nurture student development. This book introduces you to the many design factors that impact student success, and helps you develop a solid strategy for implementing the changes that can make the biggest difference to your campus.

• Learn how environments shape and influence student behavior
• Evaluate your campus and consider the potential for change
• Make your spaces more welcoming, inclusive, and functional
• Organize the design process from research to policy implementation

Colleges and universities are institutions of purpose and place, and the physical design of the facilities must be undertaken with attention to the ways in which the space's dimensions and features impact the behavior and outlook of everyone from students to faculty to staff. Designing for Learning gives you a greater understanding of modern campus design, and the practical application that brings theory to life.

Spis treści

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xvii

The Authors xix

Part One: Components and Impacts of Campus Environments

1. Physical Environments: The Role of Place and Design 9

2. Aggregate Environments: The Impact of Human Characteristics 49

3. Organizational Environments: How Institutional Goals Are Achieved 79

4. Socially Constructed Environments: Different Views Through Different Eyes 113

Part Two: Designing Campus Environments That Foster Student Learning and Success

5. Promoting Inclusion and Safety 143

6. Encouraging Participation and Engagement 187

7. Building Communities of Learning 213

8. Learning Through Mobile Technology 239

9. Assessing and Creating Designs for Student Learning and Success 271

References 301

Name Index 335

Subject Index 343

O autorze

C. CARNEY STRANGE is professor emeritus of higher education and student affairs at Bowling Green State University, where he taught courses on student development and the impact of educational environments.

JAMES H. BANNING is professor emeritus at Colorado State University and is well known for his work and teaching in educational psychology and campus ecology.

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Praise for Designing for Learning

"The masters are back! Strange and Banning update their insightful perspectives to reflect students′ mobile culture, in the context of a deeper and richer understanding of contemporary knowledge of human learning. This book will guide intentional design to address how students learn and develop and how campus environments can enhance that process."
Susan R. Komives, professor emerita, University of Maryland, and past president of the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) and ACPA College Student Educators International

"Updated for the complex physical, human, organizational, and digital environments in which 21st century students live and learn, Designing for Learning is a must–have resource for educators at any type of postsecondary institution. Strange and Banning provide a flexible blueprint for designing environments in which diverse student populations can learn, develop, and succeed."
Kristen A. Renn, professor of higher, adult, & lifelong education, dean of undergraduate studies, and director for student success initiatives, Michigan State University

"The intellectual architecture and practical construction of this text are extraordinary. The architects offer much guidance to postsecondary educators who endeavor to construct dynamic environments that enhance learning, engagement, and inclusion."
Shaun R. Harper, associate professor, higher education division, and executive director, Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education, University of Pennsylvania