Korean Educational Development Institute(KEDI)

A Study on Educational Facilities Responding to Future Educational Environment (I)

- A Plan for Reconstructing Learner-centered School Facilities -

Along with the fourth industrial revolution studies on establishing strategies for nurturing future competent person with creativity have been conducted. Under this circumstance not only such changes as future curriculum and learning activities in terms of software but also revolutionary change of facilities in terms of hardware have been constantly required. Especially notable is the fact that the undifferentiated traditional facility condition should respond to students-centered future educational environment rather than reducing financial investment corresponding to decreasing in student numbers. The reconstruction of educational facilities means fundamental changes of school facilities which can improve learning outcome qualitatively. It is done under such necessities of school reconstruction as changes of curriculum, enhancement of teaching and learning method and changes of administrative system. Thus, it is different from existing projects of improving educational environment for example painting and replacing windows which correspond to repairing outworn facilities and they are not directly related with educational activities. Since in reconstruction of educational facilities the meaning of worn out degree emphasizes on supporting of educational activities than physical side of facilities and there are possibilities to improve facilities according to change of educational polices even if the facility does not reach physically worn out degree, it is quite different from existing projects of improving educational environment.

Thus, when municipal ministry of education conducts a pilot project for creating future educational environment, this study suggests a plan for reconstructing learner-centered school facilities in order for supporting expertise in design phase. As the government announced, if the project of improving existing schools is regularized, direction setting in the beginning stage has great significance in influence of reconstructing project of school facilities.