{"product_id":"blueprint-for-tomorrow-redesigning-schools-for-student-centered-learning-paperback","title":"Blueprint for Tomorrow: Redesigning Schools for Student-Centered Learning - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePrakash Nair\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe United States has about $2 trillion tied up in aging school facilities.\u003c\/b\u003e School districts throughout the country spend about $12 billion every year keeping this infrastructure going. Yet almost all of the new money we pour into school facilities reinforces an existing--and obsolete--model of schooling. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBlueprint for Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e, Prakash Nair--one of the world's leading school designers--explores the hidden messages that our school facilities and classrooms convey and advocates for the \"alignment\" of the design of places in which we teach and learn with twenty-first-century learning goals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueprint for Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e provides simple, affordable, and versatile ideas for adapting or redesigning school spaces to support student-centered learning. In particular, the author focuses on ways to use current spending to modify existing spaces, and explains which kinds of adaptations offer the biggest return in terms of student learning. The book is organized by area--from classrooms to cafeterias--and is richly illustrated throughout, including \"before and after\" features, \"smart idea\" sidebars, and \"do now\" suggestions for practical first steps. It outlines key principles for designing spaces that support today's learning needs and includes tools to help educators evaluate the educational effectiveness of their own spaces. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueprint for Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e will open educators' eyes to the ways that architecture and learning are entwined and will challenge them to rethink the ways they teach and work together.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Blueprint for Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e, Prakash Nair--one of the world's leading school designers--provides simple, affordable, and versatile ideas for adapting and redesigning school spaces to support student-centered learning. Richly illustrated throughout, \u003ci\u003eBlueprint for Tomorrow \u003c\/i\u003echallenges educators to rethink the ways that we teach and work together. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Prakash Nair is the first person to whom I turn for inspiration and guidance about the design of powerful learning environments for children and adults. His message is straightforward: the physical environment in which learning occurs should be designed and constructed around powerful theories of learning, rather than requiring that our theories of learning be adapted to fit into obsolete structures. In his work as an architect, and now in this book, he has transformed our ideas about the relationship between learning and physical space.\" -- \u003cb\u003eRichard F. Elmore\u003c\/b\u003e, professor emeritus of educational leadership, Harvard Graduate School of Education \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eBlueprint for Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates why and how school buildings influence pedagogy, curriculum and learning, and provides clear, practical and simple solutions that will enable schools to finally bring teaching and learning into the 21st century.\" --\u003cb\u003e Anne Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e, founder and director, 21st Century Schools \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The quest for great schools begins with Prakash Nair's \u003ci\u003eBlueprint for Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e. From modest 'do now' improvements to complete transformations, readers will find the tools needed to rethink and reimagine everything from the playground to the teacher's lounge. A must-read!\" --\u003cb\u003e Bruce Rockstroh\u003c\/b\u003e, CEO, Educational Resource Center, Inc. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In \u003ci\u003eBlueprint for Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e, Prakash shows educators how to create productive contexts for learning where students want to be and where their gifts may take flight. This is an important book by one of today's strongest voices for reinventing education.\" -- \u003cb\u003eGary S. Stager\u003c\/b\u003e, executive director, Constructing Modern Knowledge \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrakash Nair\u003c\/b\u003e is the president and founding partner of Fielding Nair International, an award-winning school planning and architectural firm with consultations in forty-three countries. Prior to establishing Fielding Nair International, Nair worked as the director of operations for a multibillion-dollar school construction program in New York City.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrakash Nair\u003c\/b\u003e is the president of Fielding Nair International (FNI), a renowned international architectural firm that specializes in the design of innovative schools. FNI has consultations in forty-three countries on six continents. Prakash is a futurist, a visionary planner, an architect, and one of the world's leading change agents in education and school design. He has helped dozens of communities globally to align their physical space with their pedagogical needs. He is the recipient of several international awards, including the prestigious CEFPI MacConnell Award, the top honor worldwide for school design. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He has written extensively in leading national and international journals. His work has been published in \u003ci\u003eEducation Week\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSchool Planning and Management\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eSchool Business Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSchool Construction News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEdutopia\u003c\/i\u003e, Annenberg Institute's \u003ci\u003eVUE\u003c\/i\u003e, OECD's \u003ci\u003eProgramme on Educational Building\u003c\/i\u003e, the United Kingdom's \u003ci\u003eSchools for Life\u003c\/i\u003e, Australian Education Union's \u003ci\u003eProfessional Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTeacher: The National Education Magazine of Australia\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Rethink!--Ideas for Inspiring School Library Design\u003c\/i\u003e. He also coauthored, with Randall Fielding, the landmark publication \u003ci\u003eThe Language of School Design\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He has been interviewed many times by print, radio, and television media and is a regular speaker and keynote presenter at international education conferences. You can learn more about Prakash Nair and the projects featured in this book by visiting http: \/\/FieldingNair.com, or contact him at Prakash@FieldingNair.com.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.2 x 7.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52490742202661,"sku":"9781612507040","price":51.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0977\/5104\/0293\/files\/eXRGK2tOSURBN2pTTTE0TzRuSUxtQT09.webp?v=1780082529","url":"https:\/\/world-safari-shops.myshopify.com\/products\/blueprint-for-tomorrow-redesigning-schools-for-student-centered-learning-paperback","provider":"World Safari Shops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}