TFE
"Task Furniture in Education - The research, design and development of innovative school furniture for classroom tasks, accommodating the latest technology and responding to new teaching methods."
| Coordinatore | NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
Organization address
address: THOMAS STREET contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Ireland [IE] |
| Totale costo | 1˙335˙334 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙335˙334 € |
| Programma | FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) |
| Code Call | FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP |
| Funding Scheme | MC-IAPP |
| Anno di inizio | 2010 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2010-11-01 - 2014-10-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
Organization address
address: THOMAS STREET contact info |
IE (DUBLIN 8) | coordinator | 486˙103.00 |
| 2 |
VS VEREINIGTE SPEZIALMOBELFABRIKEN GMBH & CO KG
Organization address
address: HOCHHAUSER STRASSE 8 contact info |
DE (TAUBERBISCHOFSHEIM) | participant | 508˙898.00 |
| 3 |
BUNDESARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFT FUR HALTUNGS UND BEWEGUNGSFORDERUNG EV
Organization address
address: Matthias Claudius Strasse 14 contact info |
DE (Wiesbaden) | participant | 208˙363.00 |
| 4 |
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACAO E FORMACAO EM ARTES E DESIGN LDA
Organization address
address: AVENIDA CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN contact info |
PT (SENHORA DA HORA) | participant | 131˙970.00 |
| 5 |
FIELDING NAIR INTERNATIONAL
Organization address
address: MORGAN AVE. SOUTH 4937 contact info |
US (MINNEAPOLIS) | participant | 0.00 |
| 6 |
THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN
Organization address
address: College Green - contact info |
IE (DUBLIN) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'Most task furniture in schools today is inadequate to meet the postural needs of students. With 88 million in full-time education in Europe alone and in the context of the proliferation of IT in the classroom and advances in teaching methods, posture, health and well-being of students is imperative. Growing awareness has led to growing demand for improved furniture design. Recent studies show that children typically spend 15,000 hours sitting during their education in furniture not fit for purpose. Approximately 13 per cent of children aged 10-16 suffer recurrent back pain. Today, almost all teachers and students have access to IT in the classroom and there has been a shift from specialist computer rooms to students working with laptops at their desks. This development provides enhanced opportunities for learning, yet the implications for posture, health and wellbeing are in decline. There is now a large body of evidence to suggest that the ‘open thigh torso’ sitting posture provides many advantages for schoolchildren engaged in task-based activities on a desk surface yet, there is a lot more to the comfort and wellbeing of pupils in school than furniture that ‘fits’ or meets the European standard EN1729. Experts now agree that active-dynamic sitting leads to a healthy work setting in school. The Task Furniture in Education project will examine all these issues in detail with a view to bridging the gap between ergonomics and the potential for new creative design outputs. This 4 year project will combine the expertise of 3 industry partners and 3 academic partners, representing 3 countries in Europe in a work programme has been structured to exploit the synergies of the partners. The project will design, develop and test practical, economic, sustainable solutions through to production ready prototype stage. The overall aim is to add to and disseminate new knowledge in the subject and to improve the long term health and well-being of students.'
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Imagine how much more a child learns when comfortably seated, free from tension, free to absorb knowledge. Designing and arranging an optimal learning environment connects the disciplines of industrial design, ergonomics, education, pedagogy and physiotherapy.
The EU-funded TFE project inventoried existing school furniture and new products. The goals of this project were to acquire and transfer knowledge for developing new products.
While incorporating novel methodologies, the researchers assessed current furniture inventory, then measured it against physical and mental health standards. These standards, revised recently, incorporated the latest information in postural health. Sitting at a computer for hours a day, while studying and reading, can create unwanted neck and back tension. These types of issues and others created with our technology of modern day were taken into account.
At the midpoint now, this project will continue to bring together researchers creating lasting academic bonds that will continue to provide a direction for research studies. Building on these relationships, the consortium will add and spread the information collected about posture, space, learning and technology.
A dialogue between the researchers and the commercial industry facilitates improvements in educational environments, potentially on a global level. The project will move forward with patents, copyrights and commercial sales in partnerships with current stakeholders.
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