Korean Educational Development Institute(KEDI)

A Comparative Study on Space Organization of Elementary School in Korea and Japan

Since there have been increasing demands on new space organization which responds to various and rapidly changing educational and social changes i. e. u-school, smart school, green school, eco-friendly school, energy and ecology school and creative school, there is a movement to newly change space organization of school not only in Japan but also globally.

This study aims on finding a direction of desirable space organization of future elementary school in Korea by analyzing current status of space organization of elementary school in Japan. In this study comparison and analysis of curriculum of Korea and Japan, facility standards on national level and standards of national subsidy, current status of number of schools and students, transition of changes in facility area of elementary school for last 10 years are included. In Korea and Japan each 7 elementary schools which were constructed after 2007 and are good in space organization and school planning are selected.

The comparison and analysis of satisfaction level on physical educational conditions and facilities such as current status of space organization and how to use them are conducted in this study.