Architecture + Design Scotland have commissioned education and design experts to create a short learning note for our web series; “Better briefing for education benefit” to support and expand on the learning points captured from the world café session at the Scottish government schools estate conference, November 2013.
Each piece responds to a particular Issue raised from the world café session, capturing knowledge, opinion and experiences and highlighting how these lessons can be transferable for future scenarios.
The third publication of the series, produced by Dr Edward Edgerton – University of the West of Scotland, looks into briefing for better school buildings, discussing how the shift towards a more “Education led” focus for building new schools has led to a greater focus on the Briefing process.
Dr. Edgerton contends that this shift also demands a rigorous, empirical evaluation of new school environments, to understand if they are actually benefitting the education process; the challenge being to translate the aspirations of the Curriculum for Excellence in to measurable outcomes, which can then be evaluated and the findings utilised to facilitate the briefing process.
