Re-organizing the indoor space of a day-care center
Abstract
In this paper we present a re-organizing indoor proposal in a Day-Care Center of our town aiming to identify potential changes in children’s attitude as manifested through their interest and involvement to constructive activity and exploration. Relevant research findings emphasize the role that physical environments -indoor and outdoor- can play, by supporting various aspects of children’s learning and development. As a result, quality preschool programs have also been associated to certain environment criteria that should be fulfilled in order to promote children’s involvement, interaction, variety of learning stimuli and support. Children’s engagement in organizing indoor spaces according to their interests and needs is considered as an important factor in order to maximize their active learning and responsibility. Re-organizing indoor spaces of early childhood settings in order to meet children expectations is acknowledged as a continuous challenge that educators should take. Basic architecture key-aspects as they have been recognized of relevance to young children should also be taken into account. Implications of such interventions in order to increase educators’ thoughtfulness and alertness in enriching the learning potential of an early learning indoor setting are also discussed.
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- THEMATIC FIELD Ι Transformations of schools’ spaces and educational change
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