The roles of factors affecting learning spaces with an emphasis on primary schools (Case study: Schools located in Sari –provincial capital of Mazandaran, Iran)

Education and creating incentives for learning are important educational and cognitive issues to be considered in growing the country's future generation. This research aimed to study the creation of learning spaces that are desirable qualitatively and quantitatively, also to identify standards through which the relations between visual quality and structural features could be promoted to the highest level. This is a descriptive – analytical research study that can be classified as applied research. In this research, 389 primary school teachers and workers (in Sari), involving 60% women and 34% men, were selected by cluster sampling and the analyses were conducted using SPSS 16. The results indicate that individual and social factors (developing a sense of calm in students by building relationships between teachers and students 56%, the effect of individual factors and understanding the differences existing among students 53.7% , and the effect of current limitations in learning spaces compared with homes 52%, as well as qualitative factors (attention to aesthetic qualities in school building and furniture compared with traditional simple schools 49%, the availability of educational facilities including salons with equipment necessary for doing visual arts and various sports and availability of modern recreational facilities designed in schools for different contests 48.7%, and the effect of colors used in the design of external and internal walls specifically happy colors 43.4% )are the most determining factors affecting the extent to which studentswelcome schools. However, individual and social factors showed to have a little more effect on learning spaces than qualitative variables.

کلیدواژه ها:

learning environment ، behavior ، learning spaces ، designing indicators