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  • Classroom interior design [Elektronski vir] : wooden furniture prototype with feedback from students and teachers
    Podrekar, Nastja ; Prelovšek Niemelä, Eva ; Šarabon, Nejc
    Studies indicate that natural wooden materials positively affect students’ well-being in classrooms. In addition, students spend a considerable amount of their time in classrooms predominantly ... seated, making school interiors a suitable place to reduce sedentary behaviors of children. A mixed team of experts in human factors, architecture, design and engineering designed a prototype wooden standing desk for indoor use and formed focus groups with students and teachers to gather feedback on the development process and to evaluate the suitability of the prototype. The prototype desk was well received by the primary school teachers and students. The students appreciated plywood as the main material for the construction of the desk; however, they criticized that the wooden tabletop should be more resistant. The height adjustability of the desk and the tiltable tabletop were the most appreciated features of the prototype. Further studies should be conducted to investigate the optimal material, shape and color of the school desk, especially the tabletop, and additional efforts should be made to design furniture that promotes a less sedentary classroom and improves students’ well-being at school.
    Source: Buildings [Elektronski vir]. - ISSN 2075-5309 (Vol. 14, iss. 7, [article] 2193, 2024, str. 1-12)
    Type of material - e-article ; adult, serious
    Publish date - 2024
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 202480387

    Link(s):

    https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/14/7/2193
    https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14072193
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