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Doronko Hoikuen: A Natural Approach to Early Childhood Education in Japan
Doronko Hoikuen, a unique network of nursery schools in various cities all over the country, offers a distinctive approach to early childhood education centered on nature, autonomy, and holistic…
Spark Bali School: Micro-Schooling in Action
Micro-schools are on the rise. EdDesign Mag explores Spark Bali School — its learning approach, academic programs, and educational philosophy
Designing Learning Spaces: A Guide to Best Practices
How design can make the educational process more effective and comfortable? The EdDesign Mag team analyzed hundreds of projects from around the world and selected 21 architectural firms that are…
How do They Build Large Scale Education in Small Serbia: Reconstructions, New School Buildings and Projects
Most Serbian schools were built in the age of the great Yugoslav construction of the mid-20th century: austere 2–3-story panel buildings with monotonous PVC windows, paved courtyards with football…
Damilola Okonkwo: Transforming education is the KEY to transforming Nigeria
By Damilola Okonkwo who is leading the charge through KEY (Keep Educating Yourself) academy
Creativity and Freedom: Early Childhood Education in Japan
Educational trips are an important part of EdDesign Mag’s work: this is both exploring the world educational experience and reflecting on the situation in the school-building market. During the last several years, magazine’s team visited Singapore, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Khazakhstan, China, Turkey, Japa
Personalised Approach Doesn’t End in Virtual Classrooms: Kamran Baig on Learning Balance
Kamran Baig on Learning Balance
On Freedom and School: Was the Founder of Summerhill Right?
There were no lessons at the Summerhill school, children spent more time playing than studying, and the founder of Summerhill Alexander Neill himself kept on smoking a pipe all the time, even when he was talking to students, and comfortably discussed the topic of sex at every opportunity. Was he rig
ART and IT: How to Set Up Workshops at School
EdDesign projects will show you how to learn a foreign language in the Gastronomium, what will happen if you spill chemicals in the laboratory where schoolchildren assemble polygonal patterns, what the architectural workshop with the area of 363 sq. m is used for and how many smart systems for schoo
Collaborative Architectural Applications: Transforming the South African Educational Infrastructure Landscape
Transforming the South African Educational Infrastructure Landscape
Navigating the Future of Learning: Architectural Perspectives from the USA
Architectural Perspectives from the USA
The Life and Death of School Open Spaces: Why are Open Classrooms Being Rejected?
Why are Open Classrooms Being Rejected?
Action Plan for Building a School by Elena Aralova, EdDesign LLC Founder
by Elena Aralova, EdDesign LLC Founder
“The era of education has come to Kazakhstan”: Country is Building Schools for Almost One Million Students
The baby boom, migration and deterioration of old buildings have led to the fact that most schools in Kazakhstan have started to work in two and some in three shifts. In 2022, the government predicted that if active construction did not begin, the country would be short of more than a million school
Energia School by EdDesign: Mix of Creativity and Science
Energia School was built in New Moscow in Kommunarka settlement. It is integrated into the infrastructure of a large residential complex in such a way that half of it can be freely used by all residents, not just the school students. The developers even preserved the old oak trees, neatly fitting th
La Berёzkа Academy by EdDesign: How to Create a Space for Storytelling
How to Create a Stage Space for Storytelling
Yokohama International School: Japanese Traditions and Architectural Innovations
Japanese Traditions and Architectural Innovations
The Nudging in School Architecture
The “nudge theory” is suggesting that it is possible to influence decision-making and behaviour through positive reinforcement and indirect guidance, a kind of soft nudge. What if we look at school architecture and design through the lens of nudging? What more positive behaviour and more beneficial
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