A Study On Educational Facilities In The Secondary Schools Of The City Of Xifeng, Gansu

Educational facilities are basic to teaching activities. The design of educational facilities is a very important part of the development of the school learning environment. Whether or not the educational facilities are situated and utilized scientifically, rationally, and in accordance with national standards will have a significant encouraging or inhibiting effect on developing curricular activities and achieving educational goals. This thesis reviews the past and present discourse in the study of school facilities both in China and abroad; discusses the principal government standards of the construction of educational facilities; and, based on these standards, studies the current situation of the construction and utilization of educational facilities of secondary schools in the city of Xifeng in regards to school building design and teaching equipment. The author has identified the following problems in Xifeng secondary schools at present: First, the geographical layout of the school grounds is not reasonable. School areas are too large and the schoolyards and green spaces are too small; classroom construction is not up to national standards; and classrooms contain too many students. Furthermore, the school desks and chairs often are not compatible; and books, instruments and sports equipment are far from enough. There is a gap between software and hardware in the configuration of audio-visual aids; and the coefficient of the utilization of existing equipment is low and ineffective. Finally, the administrative personnel's way of handling the construction of educational facilities is not practical or realistic, but instead, prone to boasting and exaggeration.In this thesis, the author will demonstrate that to improve and optimize the present situation in the construction and utilization of educational facilities in secondary schools in Xifeng, new priorities should be implemented: mainly, renewing the ideology of education, adjusting the layout of educational institutions, and amplifying the amount of investment. Secondly, we should attempt to strengthen rational administration practices, emphasizing the fact that students are of primary importance in schools, be more aware of education as a kind of service, and also conscientiously introduce a competitive system into the evaluation of instructors and administration staff. Once these principles are implemented, the specific problems mentioned above can all be easily solved.The author hopes this thesis will contribute to the scientific, rational and standard construction and utilization of educational facilities in secondary schools in the city of Xifeng, and in schools of the same kind in the region.