TERMINOLOGY

Topic Specific Design Specific

• NGO: Non-governmental organization

• Eco Crafts: crafts which consider how to use the available resources consciously in order to develop products which can contribute to green living that conserve resources, such as water and energy, and also prevent contributions to air, water and land pollution

• Heritage Crafts: include our traditional craft skills which, once lost, it may be very difficult to recapture; support our sense of place and identity, improve the sustainability and wellbeing of our society and contribute to empower our rural and urban economies.

Pedagogy: the method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept

• VET: Vocational and Educational Training

• Sit-to-Stand Desks: allows the user to alternate between sitting and standing by being able to lower or raise the work (desk) platform

• Accommodation A device, material, or support process that will enable a student to accomplish a task more efficiently

• Comprehension The way in which ideas are organized into categories.

• Constructivism The way knowledge is created in the mind of a learner

• Developing Country: a poor agricultural country that is seeking to become more advanced economically and socially.

Developed Country: a sovereign state that has a high quality of life, developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less industrialized nations

• Cooperative Learning: Placing students into small groups and having them work together toward a common goal

• Extrinsic Motivation: When an individual is motivated by outside factors or other people (as opposed to being motivated from within)

• Learning center: A self-contained section of the classroom in which students engage in independent activities

• Paraprofessional: An individual (usually uncertified) who works with a teacher in a classroom setting

Second Language Learners: Students whose primary language is not English. They are learning English as their second language

• Biophilia: a hypothesis that details the innate human tendency to seek connections with nature and other forms of life

• Passive Heating & Cooling: refers to techniques to manage the internal temperature and air quality of a building without using power Holistic Approach: to provide support that looks at the whole person, not just their mental health needs. The support should also consider their physical, emotional, social and spiritual wellbeing

• Vernacular: the use of traditional resources, materials, and knowledge. It is the built environment based on the needs of a community and is a direct representation of identity; it reflects traditions, culture, and religion.

• Wayfinding: all of the ways in which people orient themselves in physical space and navigate from place to place

• BID-M: Biophilic Interior Design Matrix

• Sustainability: consists of fulfilling the needs of current generations without compromising the needs of future generations, while ensuring a balance between economic growth, environmental care and social well-being.

• CEM: Compressed earth bricks

• LEED®: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is a green building certification program used worldwide

• Accessible Design: Interior and exterior design that meets prescribed requirements for people with disabilities. Guidelines and laws related to accessible design include such issues as standard dimensions and features such as door widths, clear space for wheelchair mobility, countertop heights, audible and visual signals, switch and outlet height, and more

• Anthropometrics: the science that defines physical measures of a person’s size, form, and functional capacities, and its relation to the built environment

Modular: Furniture units that can be rearranged or stacked in different configurations

• Scale: The size of an object, or comparisons between a drawing size and the actual size of a piece.

• Universal Design: the design of buildings, products or environments to make them accessible to all people, regardless of age, disability or other factors