Purpose–The paper describes the purpose of and strategies for conducting post‐occupancy
evaluations (POEs) as a method for assessing school building performance. Set within the …

School building rehabilitation has been subject of considerable attention by the end of the
20th century. The purpose of this paper is to explore the input offered by a Space Syntax …

This chapter discusses a five-year transdisciplinary research and action program conducted
by Schola, a consortium of partners and of researchers at Laval University in Quebec …

This book examines the material and immaterial values that are used and perceived in
heritage educational environments that have been adapted to 21st century education needs …

The present article develops considering a strategy of intervention on Portuguese public
school buildings. Intervening exclusively on preexisting (school) buildings, this methodology …

A teacher's main professional concern is to enable, facilitate, and amplify learning of
students. Hence, to teach is to generate and support the transfer of knowledge in an …

A brief review over the decades from 1970's to 2015 on architecture of schools mainly in
European countries with focus on Portugal experience in the last decades. It is based in the …

This article analyses the current socio-economic situation in Portugal from the perspective of
the transition to a knowledge-based society postulated by the European Union's Lisbon …

In the process of constant confrontation between traditional values and innovation in
teaching-learning processes, after a long period in which the evolution of schools …

In the process of constant confrontation between traditional values and innovation in
teaching-learning processes, after a long period in which the evolution of schools …