Overview
This book covers the entire planning process educators must employ to adequately administer the planning process for a new or renovated school building. The structure of the book is to follow a sequential planning process for a new school building or renovation project from the beginning of a need for a new school to the final evaluation of the planning product and planning process. In addition to complete chapters describing each planning process, there are auxiliary chapters devoted to topics important to the planning process such as Green Schools, Critical Issues, and Safe Buildings. A unique chapter is the last one dealing with Problem-Based Learning. In this chapter problems from actual experience in the field are presented to students for consideration and discussion.
Full Product Details
Author: Glen I. Earthman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
Edition: Fifth Edition
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.603kg
ISBN: 9781475844429
ISBN 10: 1475844425
Pages: 350
Publication Date: 13 March 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Dr. Glen Earthman's Planning Educational Facilities, an already excellent text, has just been made even or pertinent to the administrator, planner, architect, and school board member. Earthman is a world-renowned researcher and educator, who has knowledge, practical experience, and vision for essential information and practice for the places where students learn. This is a must read for anyone who is or plans to be working with school planning and facilities. -- Linda K. Lemasters, former director of the Educational Facilities Clearinghouse Dr. Earthman's book, Planning Educational Facilities, represents a classic example of excellence in school facility publications. With his distinguished scholarship and practical experience, Dr. Earthman leads readers in a step-by-step approach to educational facility planning. Dr. Earthman discusses educational facility issues based on the perspectives of school board members, school superintendents, school district and site administrators. Concerns of the designers, the contractors, and the occupants are also significantly addressed. This book particularly stresses the sustainability of school buildings and their life expectancy. School building maintenance, operation, and safety are the special concerns Earthman emphasizes in the planning process. Planning Educational Facilities is a book school administrators involved in facility planning must read. -- Tack C. Chan, Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership, Kennesaw State University
Dr. Glen Earthman’s Planning Educational Facilities, an already excellent text, has just been made even or pertinent to the administrator, planner, architect, and school board member. Earthman is a world-renowned researcher and educator, who has knowledge, practical experience, and vision for essential information and practice for the places where students learn. This is a “must read” for anyone who is or plans to be working with school planning and facilities. -- Linda K. Lemasters, former director of the Educational Facilities Clearinghouse Dr. Earthman’s book, Planning Educational Facilities, represents a classic example of excellence in school facility publications. With his distinguished scholarship and practical experience, Dr. Earthman leads readers in a step-by-step approach to educational facility planning. Dr. Earthman discusses educational facility issues based on the perspectives of school board members, school superintendents, school district and site administrators. Concerns of the designers, the contractors, and the occupants are also significantly addressed. This book particularly stresses the sustainability of school buildings and their life expectancy. School building maintenance, operation, and safety are the special concerns Earthman emphasizes in the planning process. Planning Educational Facilities is a book school administrators involved in facility planning must read. -- Tack C. Chan, Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership, Kennesaw State University
Author Information
Dr. Glen I, Earthman has over forty years’ experience in teaching school facility planning at Virginia Tech and in providing consultative work to local school systems. He has authored 6 books on school facility planning and has written extensively in the field. He was the first Director of the National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities.
