Seven Principles of Classroom Design - A New Perspective
Course: #31516Level: IntroductorySubject Area: Planning a safe and healthy learning environment 1 Hour 164 Reviews
This course invites teachers to think critically about their early childhood classroom from the child’s perspective, and through the lens of aesthetics and beauty. It encourages teachers to enhance children’s environments through the Seven Principles of Design with nature, color, textures, lighting, furnishings, displays, and focal points.
Please note: This course is also offered in a series of recordings titled “Classroom Design”, course 31800, which is offered for 0.3 CEUs.
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to describe the difference between space and place.
- After this course, participants will be able to identify at least two ways to break the traditional aesthetic code of the early childhood classroom.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe one idea or strategy for implementing at least three of the Seven Principles of Design.
Course created on May 10, 2019
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Power of Place/Sense of Place; Distinction between Space/Place; Beauty=Life-long Learning |
| 5-15 Minutes | Benefits of Inspiring Spaces; Breaking the Aesthetic Code |
| 15-25 Minutes | Principle #1: Nature Infuses Beauty |
| 25-30 Minutes | Principle #2: Color Generates Interest |
| 30-35 Minutes | Principle #3: Furnishings Define Space |
| 35-40 Minutes | Principle #4: Texture Adds Depth |
| 40-45 Minutes | Principle #5: Displays Enhance Environment |
| 45-50 Minutes | Principle #6: Elements Heighten Ambiance |
| 50-55 Minutes | Principle #7: Focal Points Attract Attention |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary & Gratitude |
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164 ReviewsPresented By
Sandra Duncan
BA, MS, EdD
With 50+ years of experience in the early care and education field, Dr. Duncan has extensive experience in publishing curricula and teacher resources, teaching young children, training early childhood professionals, teaching at the university level, designing professional development programs, and working with parents. Sandra taught kindergarten for 10 years, owned 11 early childhood programs, and is the founder and Executive Director of a school-age program serving 1700 students at 18 sites in 4 school systems. She is an adjunct faculty member and dissertation chair for 25+ doctorate students at the Fischler Graduate School of Education for Nova Southeastern University.
Currently, she is helping design a furniture collection for early childhood classrooms called Sense of Place, which will be launched at the 2019 NAEYC conference. She is the author of several books including Inspiring Spaces for Young Children, Rating Observation Scale for Inspiring Spaces (ROSIE), Rethinking the Classroom Landscape: Creating Environments that Connect Young Children, Families, and Communities, Bringing the Outside In: Ideas for Creating Nature-Based Classroom Experiences for Young Children, and Through a Child’s Eyes: How Classroom Design Inspires Learning & Wonder, as well as numerous articles on designing early childhood environments and connecting children with nature. Most importantly, she is Grandma to Sierra Elizabeth--a vivacious and very precocious first grader!
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