Planning of the Function and Facility of University Classroom - A Case Study of Tamkang University''s Classroom

• Main Authors: Huang, Hsin-Jung, 黃信榮
• Other Authors: Lee, Shih-Chung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2001
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/83347563689519942904

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 教育科技學系 === 89 === The purposes of this study are (1) to categorize different types of university classrooms based on the instructional needs of teachers in Tamkang University, and (2) to investigate the planning of university classrooms in terms of their physical environments, facilities, equipment and functions. This study first reviewed literature of classroom design for various functions. Major points regarding the physical environments, facilities, equipment of classrooms for different functions and the requirement criteria were concluded and a classroom design checklist was developed accordingly. Aiming at six types of classrooms, interviews were then conducted to collect teachers’ opinions on their ideal classrooms and the ones that were in use for the intended instructional purposes. Observations of the six types of classrooms were also conducted with classroom design checklists. Layouts of each classroom together with the data collected were later compared and evaluated. Ideal designs for six types of university classrooms--multimedia lecture hall, multimedia discussion room, computer classroom, experiment laboratory (for Colleges of Science and Engineering), classroom for business courses (for Colleges of Business and Management), conversation classroom (for College of Foreign Languages)--were developed in this study. Factors such as capacity, functions, facility, equipment for each design were discussed and layouts of each classroom were also presented. Suggestions obtained from this study are: (1)classrooms should be planned and designed by professionals, (2)classrooms should be constructed and managed by specialized departments, (3)channels for information sharing on classroom designs need to be established. Suggestions for future studies were also provided.