Annotated Bibliography

Department of Education, 1992. Designing for Pupils with Special Educational Needs: Special Schools, London: HSMO

In this building Bulletin the Department for Education gives guidance on teaching and acceptable classroom spaces to be achieved in special schools to support the appropriate curricular and other needs of the individual pupils concerned. The publication intends to assist local Education Authorities and Architects in preparation for new designs and buildings or adapting existing special and ordinary schools for pupils with special educational needs.

Department for Education and Skills, 2003. Furniture for the Future: New Ideas for Tomorrow’s Classroom, London: Design Council

In this book the Design Council in collaboration with the Departments for education and skills challenge Britain’s design and manufacturing industries and introduce innovative products into the classroom to improve outcomes in learning. Environments in schools can have a large effect on learning outcomes and this publication gives examples of how classroom environments worldwide differ from that of here in the UK.

Department for Education and Skills, 2002.Schools for the Future: Designing for Learning Communities, London: TSO

This publication provides guidance on the needs for education in the 21st Century. It considers: Increased use of ICT, Schools for the Community, Sustainability and Design Quality. Design Issues for Schools from Entrance areas to Eating Halls, Staff Areas to Furniture are all considered and advice given.

Matson, J L. Gonzalez, M. Wilkins, J, 2008, Validity Study of the Autism Spectrum Disorders-Diagnostic for Children (ASD-DC)

This Journal analysis’s and validates the research done into diagnosing children and adolescents with Autism from 2 to 16 years old. Studies designed to evaluate the validity and the measure of autism can be divided into different categories.

Montgomery, T, 2008, Space matters: Experiences of managing static formal learning spaces, SAGE

The journal analysis the use of space in education in particular a small seminar room. Spatial management and movement can effect the context of meaning within education but also the learning environment

Sorrel, F. Sorrell, J., 2005. Joined Up Design for Schools, Hugh Merrell

This publication details the results of a collaboration of ideas between school pupils, designers and architects. The pupils working as clients along with designers and architects such as Richard Rogers, Paul Smith, Kevin McCloud etc aimed to create inspired learning and social spaces at school. The project also enabled the school children to gain and use a host of new skills, such as problem solving, teamwork, communication and self belief.

Veck, W, 2009. From an exclusionary to an inclusive understanding of educational difficulties and educational space: implications for the Learnining Support Assistant's Role, Routledge, Pg 41-56.

The Journal argues that important attention must be given to research into the ways educational space and difficulties are perceived within an educational environments. It is important that these issues are addressed before Learning Support Assistants can really make a contribution to the educational system.

Useful websites to keep up to date with whats happening in the Design world and also in general news:

Design -

Society of British Interior Designers

http://www.sbid.org/

WIRED Magazine

http://www.wired.com/

Dezeen Architecture and Design

http://www.dezeen.com/

ICON Magazine Online

http://www.iconeye.com/

BD Online- The Architect's Website

http://www.bdonline.co.uk/

News and Culture-

TIME News and Magazine

http://www.time.com/

National Geographic

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Red Jotter

http://redjotter.wordpress.com/

LIFE- Your World in Pictures

http://www.life.com/

Brainstorm

The Stickiness Factor and Interior & Environmental Design.

I found brainstorming as a group an interesting process, it was beneficial to hear from others their ideas about the chapter and how this relates to Interior and Environmental Design. Something that kept re-occurring through the brainstorming session and also through my personal discussions with others was that interior design can often be stereotyped into design something pretty or extravagant. This, however, is not always the case sometimes Interiors can be designed in such a way as to improve the quality of people's life.

Group Session- The Stickiness Factor & IED

Through group discussions I found particular interests in the idea of Desiging for education. It was whilst thinking of different ways of educating that I started to think about designing for those who maybe need particular help or benefit from being in a certain situation. This led me to research into designing for people living with Autism and I found a presentation by The Scottish Society for Autism. This presentation helped me to understand that Interior design is exceptionally important to people with Autism. Everything from the amount of space or colours used in a classroom is carefully designed so as to help concentration and also provide safe ans comfortable surroundings.

Individual Research- Design, Advertise and Educate

The Tipping Point

The Tipping Point- Malcolm Gladwell

At first on reading The Tipping Point, I was unsure as to what I was actually going to gain from the Book. Gladwell at times can almost become quite tedious in his way of repeating a point over and over again. I guess this is just his way of making these points stick.

Throughout the book there are interesting examples of various factors which add to or make a Tipping Point. In particular interesting parts for me include, Kitty Genovese and the 0/38 coming to her rescue, Mark Alpert the honest and knowledgeable Mavern, the rule of 150 and the failure and success of Sesame Street/Blue's Clues.

Taking the chapter: The Stickiness Factor- Sesame Street, Blue's Clues and the Educational Virus, I expanded the various themes into a detailed Mind Map. It is interesting to know that television programmes such as Sesame Street and Blue's Clues are not simply thrown together in a random way but are carefully thought and tested before airing. Through testing these programmes on children, researchers can understand which areas of the programme children enjoy find too confusing or keep them engaged. There is not simply one designer/scriptwriter/director for these programmes, but there are in fact many multiples of designers/scriptwriters/directors. These are the children that the test the programmes on. There appears to be a lot more going on behind the scenes than a man dressed as a yellow bird or a host who has a tendency to take long pauses. Each and every aspect of these programmes has been designed to look, sound and come across in a specific way.

A successful way to make something Stick is to EMPHASISE certain parts or to repeat, repeat, repeat. A successful way to make something Stick is to EMPHASISE certain parts or to repeat, repeat, repeat. A successful way to make something Stick is to EMPHASISE certain parts or to repeat, repeat, repeat.

Emphasis and repetition can both work well in Children’s educational programmes, the same episode of Blue’s Clues was repeated every day for 5 days, but they are equally as important in advertising. From Wunderman’s use of the Gold Box to the unsuccessful Olympic sponsorship of Coca Cola advertising is ever important in our life. I find it fascinating that the average American see around 25 4 different commercial daily, imagine how many times they see the same advert in a day. That is a lot of repetition.

Overall my opinion of the book has changed from how I felt at the start, I now realise how important small changes are or how they in turn can make a big change. I also now understand how much research and thought goes into various things like Sesame Street or cleaning up the Subway. Through Mind Mapping my understanding of the book developed and I am positive that my knowledge will continue to develop as I re-read the book.

The Stickiness Factor- Sesame Street, Blue's clues and the Educational Virus