Learning Objectives

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Learning Objectives

Changing Rules of Urbanization At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1.Understand the issues that forced Pittsburgh to transform itself when its

economy collapsed.

2.Understand the choices made by a visionary leadership and how community

support was achieved.

3.Understand the creative ways used to find financial support and partnership.

4.Understand the choices made to promote sustainability and reduce

environmental pollution.

Learning ObjectivesClassroom of the Future Presentation

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1.Explore how the learning environments of these projects enable all learners to

be successful.

2.Learn how the physical environment of these facilities supports the learning

environment and supports sustainability through creative solutions.

3.Discover how the planning and design involves community support and

promotes a culture of sustainability and strong environmental awareness.

4.Review the methods utilized in the planning process to meet sustainability,

safety and accessibility needs.

1.Explore how the learning environments of these projects enable all learners to

be successful.

2.Learn how the physical environment of these facilities supports the learning

environment and supports sustainability through creative solutions.

3.Discover how the planning and design involves community support and

promotes a culture of sustainability and strong environmental awareness.

4.Review the methods utilized in the planning process to meet sustainability,

safety and accessibility needs.

Learning ObjectivesNot Old School: Architecture in Support of Learning


1.Understand the research and theory that support a learning commons

approach to education.

2.Understand how academic and community support was developed for a

learning commons.

3.Learn how the learning commons is being put to use by educators.

4.Understand the acoustical, lighting and cost considerations in planning for a

learning commons.

Learning ObjectivesImagining the High School of the Future


1.Understand the changes in patterns of learning.

2.Understand what type of space is required to accommodate these changes.

3. Understand how an existing, rigidly structured high school can be transformed

to a more communal setting.

4.Understand how transparency and visibility can support collaboration and

innovation.

Learning ObjectivesFinding Certainty in Uncertain Times: Using Strategic Planning to

Maximize Capital InvestmentAt the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1.Identify the financial, demographic, and structural trends in public schools

districts.

2.Understand the relationship between student enrollment and budgeting and

their impact on school facilities.

3.Explore the available tools that aid schools districts in prioritizing funds to

invest strategically in capital improvements.

4.Apply the concepts of strategic planning and investment by studying the

ongoing modernization of District of Columbia Public Schools.

Learning ObjectivesEffective School Design for Innovative Curriculum Models: Incorporating Content, Context, and Learning Processes


1.Understand the context, concept, and learning processes of each of four

innovative school models.

2.Understand the intersection of architecture and education when planning and

designing learning environments for these school models.

3.Understand what designers and facility planners can do to support and

facilitate the learning environments of each mode.

4.Understand some of the practical design approaches and components that

may be used to facilitate the context, content, and learning processes of each

innovative school model.

Learning ObjectivesImproving the Educational Environment without Raising Taxes in a

Challenging EconomyAt the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1.Respond to the Challenging Economy with positive changes.

2.Overcome poor retention rates for enrollments, declining population, and

migration to cyber charter programs.

3.Build consensus to make the appropriate decision to consolidate facilities,

reduce operating costs, and improve educational facilities.

4.Regain students with an enhanced curriculum and and improved learning

environment

Learning ObjectivesTransforming a Diamond in the Rough


1.Understand creative adaptive re-use and renovation design strategies for

transforming existing historic assets.

2.Learn how end user/community engagement and a hybrid DesignBuild project

delivery optimized design innovation.

3.Learn how to overcome obstacles of time, money and prejudice against using

existing schools.

4.Understand the impact of design on the learning and behavioral outcomes of

the students.

Learning ObjectivesHigh Impact Learning Environments


1.Understand the Learning Environment continues to evolve at a rapid pace.

2.Understand that not all students learn in the same manner.

3.Understand that the learning environment has a profound effect on rate and

quality of learning.

4.Understand that correct design and function can improve learning experience

and overall success.

Learning ObjectivesModernizing Early 20th Century Buildings for 21st Century STEM

Education At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1.Understand how the Common Core Standards and the 4 C's of 21st education

are affecting the design of contemporary learning environments.

2.Understand the opportunities and challenges of modernizing an early 20th

century building for 21st century education.

3.Understand the framework of the District of Columbia's multi-phase Master

Plan to modernize its schools.

4.Understand the opportunities and challenges of a fast track design build

delivery method for school construction.

Learning ObjectivesGetting from a 21st Century Vision Statement to Construction Details,

The New Guilford High School At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1.Understand the meaning of 21st Century Pedagogy.

2.Understand the techniques used to make the leap from Educational Vision to

construction details.

3.Know how implementing a "model" classroom can help test a concept.

4.Develop thoughts on how education will be delivered in the future.

Learning ObjectivesMind the Gap


1.Understand the issues and opportunities facing educators and an

understanding of their barriers.

2.Understand how educators are moving pedagogy and the part which

technology and the physical environments play

3.Know where technology is developing and the likely impact upon school

design and needs in the future

4.Know where to look for examples of best practice from a number of different

countries and relate to the issues they are facing .

Learning ObjectivesFalk Laboratory School


1.Understand the solution adopted to preserve the original facilities and make

them energy efficient.

2.Understand the strategies adopted to make the addition design integrated with

the original facilities.

3.Understand the design solutions that promote wellness for the occupants,

providing clean outdoors air and daylighting.

4.Understand the health and sustainability benefits of using outdoor spaces for

learning.

Learning ObjectivesThe Neighborhood Academy


1.Understand how design can support holistic education.

2.Understand how a school can be a catalyst for community improvement.

3.Examine the design solutions adopted to support small classes and

community gatherings.

4.Understand the non-linear funding strategy adopted to support the operation.

Learning ObjectivesPittsburgh CAPA 6-12


1.Examine design solutions that support performing arts learning and training.

2.Examine the partnerships and collaborations with national and local cultural

organizations that make the school attractive to students and teachers.

3.Examine design solutions that enable the school to offer both performing arts

training and college and university preparatory instruction,

4.Explore the relationships between school, families and community at large.

Learning ObjectivesRenaissance of Tragedy – School Safety Design for the Unthinkable


1.Understand the extent of the problem of safety and security in schools.

2.Examine the designers that result in weakness in terms of safety,

3.Understand the process and the solutions that reinforce safety and security.

4.Understand how the design can save lives and effect the options available.

Learning ObjectivesFallingwater Tour and Presentation


1.Review the history of Fallingwater and the application of FLW's ideas of

organic architecture.

2.Examine the original technical solutions adopted to incorporate nature into the

facility, with respect to both.

3.Examine the geological characteristics of the site and how they were

respected and enhanced by the building.

4.Understand how Fallingwater is being preserved, maintaining the purity of

FLW's intended relationship of the house with its natural surroundings.

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