Timescale
01/02/2009 - 31/01/2012
Researcher
Identifying a sound environment
Summary
The aims of the project are to answer the following research questions:
1. What are the current acoustic and noise conditions in UK secondary schools?
2. What are the perceptions of teachers and students in secondary schools concerning the acoustic environment
and how it affects them?
3. What are the impacts of noise and acoustic conditions on the cognitive performance of secondary school pupils?
4. What are appropriate acoustic guidelines for secondary schools?
Methods
Experimental and questionnaire data in schools triangulated with acoustic measurements.
References
Shield, B.M. and Dockrell, J.E. External and internal noise surveys of London primary schools. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 115, 730-738.
Dockrell, J.E. and Shield, B.M. Noise in schools: Children's perception of their acoustic environment at home and at school. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 115, 2964-2973.
Dockrell, J.E. and Shield B. (2006).The effect of irrelevant noise on children's processing of verbal and non-verbal tasks. British Journal of Educational Research., 32 509-525.
Shield, B. & Dockrell, J.E. (2008).The effects of environmental and classroom noise on the academic attainments of primary school children. JASA , 123, no 1, 133-144.