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BUILDING FOR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY - Kennedy Bibliothek

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of school districts in the United States, the schools in Ann Arbor were<br />

single self-contained organisational units, without any internal sub-units<br />

larger than the classroom. Spaces were generalised and repetitive except<br />

for specialised areas such as gymnasia, laboratories and workshops which<br />

did not vary from school to school except that some were painted sage<br />

green and others cream. The organisation was based on external criteria<br />

rather than on individual needs. The new educational concept for Ann<br />

Arbour, in contrast, focuses on the needs and talents of pupils, teachers,<br />

administrators and parents. Using decentralisation as an inductive process,<br />

places and programs for individual pupils are developed in specific local<br />

situations. Home bases, learning units, special areas, resource centers,<br />

and intermediate transitional areas are the main organisational units<br />

(see Figure 14).<br />

d) Correlation of the Education Plan and the Physical Master Plan<br />

162. In addition to a fuller realisation of contacts within the Community<br />

College, the University and the school system, the following programs have<br />

been included in the proposals for co-operation:<br />

- adult and community education<br />

- career education<br />

- arts<br />

- language arts<br />

- student teaching programs<br />

- special education<br />

- psychology and counseling<br />

- teacher exchange<br />

- social science field studies<br />

- field work for advanced graduates.<br />

Further programs in management, technology, ecology, business methods,<br />

finance, the arts, etc. provide opportunities for meeting community needs<br />

such as mid-career education, cultural programs, community recreation,<br />

etc. ' • •<br />

"The role of the school as 'community center' is theoretically similar.<br />

It. too can be a home base for adults. By combining an arts center,<br />

a library, a recreation center, a social services center, an ecology<br />

center, a careers and vocational center including workshops, and a<br />

social center where parents and citizens can come to be together, to<br />

eat and talk together, to hold meetings on subjects of special concern<br />

118

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