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Ergonomics in education

2 February 2010 by Admin
Ergonomics in education

Look up ‘ergonomics in education’ on Google and you’ll find plenty of references to sites offering information on training courses in ergonomics. But we’re interested in ergonomics in education from different viewpoints: The online teaching of ergonomics to young people: for this, the Institute set up a special project several years ago called Ergonomics 4 [...]

Filed Under: Education, Slider Tagged With: Schools

Involving children in classroom design

1 June 2009 by Michelle Newman

An inter-disciplinary team based in four universities has completed a two-year study and produced a set of guidelines on participatory design with children and young people in schools. The research, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, involved staff at Coventry University School of Art and Design, University of Northampton Centre for Childhood and [...]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: Classroom design, Schools

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