Title |
A Study on the Architectural facility standards of integrated child care facility |
Keywords |
Integration ; Integrated child care facility ; Children with disabilities ; Integrated education ; Facility standards |
Abstract |
This research proposes the importance of physical environment in integrated early childhood education. For a successful integration of children's education, we processed fundamental research on requirements of facility and equipments, looking at related standards and code on handicapped person's convenience facility. Also, this research aims at providing first step to establish evaluation method and quality assurance standards of integrated child care facility, regarding space planning of handicapped children. By examining home and abroad material and analyzing handicapped children's convenience facility standards, this research pursues improving the basis of planning criteria. As present criteria of relevant regulations appears not to handle detailed facility standards, and the handicapped people's facility is for childhood education, it is necessary first to differentiate indispensable equipments from optional one, then categorize them into mor e specific needs. |