A Study on Special Education Facilities of the Elementary School in Seattle

미국 워싱턴주 시애틀시의 초등학교 특수교육시설에 관한 연구

  • 김종영 (계명대 건축학대학 건축학과)
  • Received : 2010.04.14
  • Accepted : 2010.05.28
  • Published : 2010.05.30

Abstract

Seattle Public School Authority implements Inclusive Education which allows handicapped children to study in ordinary schools. This research is to analyze Inclusive Education system and find characteristics of school network and school planning. Survey was performed on 9 school districts and 54 public schools. The found results are following; 1) 54 schools adopt special education programs and legal barrier free design. All handicapped children groups are divided into level I through Ⅳ including mild level (level I,II) at all schools and multi-handicapped(severe level, level III, IV) at schools specified by school district or Seattle City. 2) Each school groups are transformed into self-contained classroom, therapy room and general room as a set in consideration of user communication and special education program. Also, existing classrooms are rearranged into small study spaces by using partition system. It allows ordinary schools to accomodate Inclusive Education through school network, classroom rearrangement and space partitioning.

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