RESEARCH OF PSYCHODIDACTIC PARAMETERS OF THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN TYPICAL BUILDINGS OF MOSCOW SCHOOLS

Системное исследование образовательной среды предоставляет возможность выявления точек роста и дефицитов при проектировании и развитии образовательной среды. Инструменты, предполагающие ее комплексное изучение, могут быть представлены физическими, психодидактическими и социальными компонентами. Рассматриваются результаты исследования образовательной среды в школьных зданиях трех типовых проектов (проект серии МЮ, проект 65-426/1, проект И-1577А) в контексте обогащенности образовательного процесса, разнообразия форм и методов преподавания и содержания образовательного процесса. На основе проведенного исследования было выявлено, что в образовательных целях редко используется пространство рекреаций, школьных музеев и библиотек, отсутствует возможность трансформации учебного пространства, основной ресурс школьной территории заключается в использовании пришкольной территории как спортивной площадки в урочное и внеурочное время, для исследованной выборки характерен кабинетный тип организации, что «диктует» реализацию форматов обучения, характерных для классно-урочной системы, имеются ограничения для организации проектного обучения. Systematic study of the educational environment provides an opportunity to identify growth points and deficits in the design and development of the educational environment. Tools that involve a comprehensive study of it can be represented by physical, psychodidactic and social components. This article examines the results of the study of the educational environment in school buildings of three standard projects (the project of the MU series, project 65-426 / 1, project I-1577A) in the context of the enrichment of the educational process, the diversity of forms and methods of teaching and the content of the educational process. Based on the conducted research, it was revealed that: for educational purposes, except for the classroom, the space of recreation areas, school museums and libraries is rarely used; there is no possibility of transforming the educational space into small, medium and large, there is no transformable furniture; the main resource of the school territory, as a rule, is the use of the school territory as a sports ground during regular and extra-curricular hours; there is rarely a cluster and open type of organization of educational spaces, in general, the study sample is characterized by a cabinet type of organization, which «dictates» the implementation of learning formats characteristic of the class-time system; there are restrictions for the organization of project training.

Seismic Analysis of a 2-Storey Log House

The current paper deals with the analysis of the results yielded by a series of tests performed to evaluate the seismic behaviour of a model log construction. The study was based on an experimental investigation performed to improve the existing knowledge on log houses subject to seismic events. The main part of the experimental work is based on a full scale shaking table test, conducted on a two-storey log house designed by the Portuguese company Rusticasa® in compliance with design rules for timber buildings. The test was performed by the University of Minho within the framework of the SERIES Project Multi-storey timber buildings and was coordinated by the University of Trento, at LNEC, Lisbon, Portugal. The geometry of the specimen, the design of the test, the setup and the instrumentation layout are first presented in this paper. The test procedure was conducted in stages with maximum accelerations (bi-directional) of 0.07g, 0.28g and 0.5g. During this incremental test procedure, whenever damage occurred, identification tests were performed to assess any variation in the fundamental period of the house. The experimental results of each test have been analyzed and the resultant values of inter-storey drift, wall slippage and uplift measurements, shear deformations and hold-down forces measured are presented. Most importantly, the dynamic properties (fundamental period and mode shapes) of the system have been determined.