To me the image of school has always been similar to the picture above.
We used to sleep during classes - which is inevitable since my high school system wanted us to come before 8 a.m and stay until midnight . However the other reason for sleeping in school was that students were not so much interested in other subjects unless they are important. By important I mean those which appears in exams.
It was directly connected to the question in TED's talk, School kills kids' creativity : Why have we been learning math more than we have learned dance? Why is some subject more crucial to go to college than some others?
While processing design strategy I had a chance to contemplate about what we are doing here. It is certain that we are not creating simply a nice looking space. The school design that Laura and I have been struggling to figure out is not just a matter of space itself. Therefore it was insightful enough to watch TED's talk and listen presentations today in Future of Design and think what this school is supposed to be.
Though (to be honest) I was sleeping on many presentations I like the idea from Margaret Stewart, who insisted that the design in the future is going to give tools to people. At this point in education there is a clear hierachy in subjects. Instructions are given from the beginning of school years to students what they should be good at. Montessorri school we visited in Chicago was one exceptional system of school, giving children an opportunity to make their voice.
What are the questions we need to ask ourselves in order to make this "freedom" of design? How can architecture work as a method of improving our current education system? I hope I could get closer to those answers by having more chances of listing presentations tomorrow.
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