REPORT LEARNING SPACES WINTER TERM 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction……………………………………………………………………….3 II. Learning……………………………………………………………………………..3 1. Learning process…………………………………………………………....4 2. Learning styles………………………………………………………………..4 3. Learning theories……………………………………………………………5 III. Motivation………………………………………………………………………….5 1. Work motivation…………………………………………………………….6 2. Theories of motivation………………………………………………7-8 IV. Learning Spaces/Environment……………………………………………
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Inceruh and Oktan Nalbantoglu Urban spaces are generally defined and created by physical and non-physical entities. Among these entities buildings play important role in defing urban spaces. These open spaces come into being as a part of building (a private courtyard)‚ as spaces between buildings for semi-public activities in culde-sac (as extensions of indoor/courtyard)‚ or as common public gathering and thoroughfare spaces‚ in a settlement. Yet‚ these spaces have been studied and analyzed according
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In accordance to how people express their mental outlook‚ they respond and reciprocate towards the exposure of signals of the opposite sex‚ the perception to invasion of own psychological personal space‚ and the characteristics and levels of intimacy shared by both parties. Personal space is known to be the area surrounding a person which they consider
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combination of intuitions‚ and not an analysis of concepts. Space and time are both examples of pure a priori intuitions (Rohlf). Geometry is derived from the pure intuition of space. The concept of a mathematical number developed from the addition of successive units of time. Therefore‚ space and time are pure a priori intuitions. Space and time exist in human beings prior to all other intuitions of objects. Therefore‚ both the concepts of space and time are considered to be prior knowledge of an object
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one—or the reach design—took the courtyard idea as its main inspiration in conjunction with the use of space. By
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Personal Space Most social situations North Americans require a comfort zone of six to eight square feet per person‚ and any violation of that buffer can trigger a reaction (Bowen). “People use avoidance responses‚” says Robert Sommer‚ a psychologist at the University of California-Davis and author of the book Personal Space (qtd. in Bowen). But where does the standard of personal space come from? According to Sommer‚ “a comfort distance for conversation varies from culture to culture
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Nowadays‚ there are increasing interests in space research. Some urge that such research is a waste of money. While‚ others think the money spent on those research would rather be allocated to improve on lives on the Earth. I found myself disagreement with such point of view. First of all‚ it is obvious that the study will provide us more knowledge on other planets in terms of environment‚ lives and biology. Such knowledge might be further leveraged into the studies on different subjects‚ such as
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World War II. One way they tried to become the world superpower was through the Space Race. The Space Race caused ICBMs‚ the Race to the Moon‚ and Reconnaissance Satellites. The Space Race started October 4‚ 1957‚ when the Soviet space satellite “Sputnik” was launched. This led to a massive panic by the American population and government. America was scared that Sputnik was capable of launching nuclear weapons from space‚ feeling that the USA would be rendered almost defenseless from those types of
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behaviour. What is this hidden dimension? Space. How do people use the space around them to regulate their social interactions? This is one of the questions asked by environmental researchers‚ who use the term proxemics to refer to the study of human spatial behaviour (Hall‚ 1959). A key idea is that individuals try to achieve an optimal degree of involvement and physical closeness with other people‚ depending on the specific situation. In other words‚ people use space to influence their interaction with
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focus solely on the design of the praying space of the mosque. They typically ignore the supporting spaces for the mosque. These supporting spaces can be required‚ such as the toilets and ablution spaces or optional such as a room for body washing for the dead‚ a library‚ or a classroom. Within the category of required spaces‚ toilet design is very much standard and the requirements are well- known to most designers. On the other hand‚ the ablution spaces are much more challenging in their design
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