Harvard Institute on Child Care Design

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HARVARD INSTITUTE ON CHILD CARE DESIGN

Harvard University Graduate School of Design will host The 5th Annual Institute for Child Care Design, "Early Care & Education Centers for the 21st Century," on June 21 to June 25, 2004, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  
Features of this institute include:

· A multidisciplinary approach bringing together architects, educators, and early care and education professionals.

· An active, hands-on, team oriented approach with opportunities to work together and share insights in a studio
setting.

· Learning from experience and encouraging innovation: faculty will bring to bear extensive experience to provide conceptual and technical information based on a wide range of design solutions.

· A focus on children's environments that work for children, staff, families, and communities; balancing theory and practice and ideal and hard reality to inspire and provide concrete tools for real challenges.

Presenters include Jim Greenman, Senior Vice President for Education and Program Development at Bright Horizons Family Solutions; Mike Lindstrom, AIA, the principal of Horizons Design; and Robin Moore, Director, Natural Learning Initiative, NC State University.

Jim Greenman is the author of the best sellling Exchange publication, Caring Spaces, Learning Places, which can be ordered at: http://mail.ccie.com/go/eed/0127

For complete details about the Institute for Child Care Design, go to:
http://www.brighthorizons.com/harvard/

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