This study examined the process of design for general classroom facilities in American four-year public higher education institutions. Combining grounded theory, case study methods, visual methods, and portions of the Authentic, Action-Oriented, Framing for Environmental Shifts Method (Watt, 2015), I was able to address the four research questions posed in this study. I conducted interviews with participants involved in specific general classroom facilities design/construction while asking participants to co-create a diagram of the steps of the process. The data collected from this process produced the Train Model of Design for General Classroom Facilities. The process begins with the specifics of the institution or college and its chosen direction. The conditions specific to the institution act as a departing station for the process. The conditions specific to the wider context function as the rails on which the train moves. The rails are held together by crossties consisting of the constant collaboration of the triumvirate and stakeholders. A triumvirate consisting of the project manager, the construction manager, and the representative from the academic department move the project through each phase of the design process. These decision-makers functions as the conductor of the train, driving the process while feeding it two distinct types of fuel: budget and time. The triumvirate must continuously monitor the fuel supply to reach the end of the process. In addition, the triumvirate continuously monitors the passengers, to incorporate their feedback into the trip. The stages of the process function similarly to boarding and disembarking on a train. In Stage 1 you prepare to leave the station. You make a case for what travels on the train with you and what gets left at home. You also determine the fuel needs of the train by setting the project budget and schedule. Stage 2, or Making the Space, consists of the travel to the final destination, carrying along those well-laid plans from Stage 1. The triumvirate drives the train while carefully monitoring the fuel levels. You can make a few minor adjustments once you have left the stations, based on feedback from the passengers, but drastically altering the plans is not a viable option. The type of train you drive represents the different ways in which the process can play out at specific campuses. A passenger train works differently compared to a freight train. The number and sequence of steps in the process of design will vary depending on the type of project you are undertaking (new construction vs. renovation), the available state procedures, and the timing of your procurement of a construction management firm (i.e. the different types of trains you can take). The final destination of the train is the completed general classroom facility. / Ph. D. / Classrooms are an important component of the quality of education students receive at a particular institution. This study examined the process of design for classroom facilities in American colleges and universities. Interviews were conducted with people who actively engaged in designing and building new classroom facilities at public institutions in the state of Virginia. Participants were asked to make a diagram of the process as part of the interview. Data collected for this study showed that pedagogy and planning for the future needs of the institution are important guiding forces for classroom design at colleges and universities. The findings of this study coalesced in to the Train Model of Design for General Classroom Facilities. Administrators interested in building or renovating classroom facilities at their respective institutions can use this model to better understand the process and how resources can be leveraged to successfully complete a project.

本研究的主要目的，在調查臺北縣市國小普通教室空間規畫之現況以及近十年內之趨勢，瞭解臺北縣市國小教師教學型態運用情形並探討其與教室空間規畫的關係、調查教師認為其教學所需之普通教室空間形式與附屬教學設備為何、進而提出對普通教室教學空間規畫的建議，俾作為未來普通教室空間規畫之參考。 本研究選取臺北縣、市各38所學校為研究對象，每所學校各抽取12位(偏遠學校為6位)班級的導師共864位為研究對象(有效樣本526人，包含臺北縣233人、臺北市293人)，進行問卷調查，並以次數百分比統計和卡方考驗進行分析，從研究結果發現中我們得到以下的結論： 壹、臺北縣市國小普通教室空間規畫之現況 一、近十年來之學校空間設計朝多元化、彈性化之開放空間的趨勢發展 1.教室平形狀擺脫標準之「傳統長方形平面」的窠臼 2.教室空間形式之設計趨向多邊形、開放、彈性之原則 3.教室走廊空間形式由單邊走廊之單一形式轉變為雙邊走廊之多用途形式 4.舊校設備比新校設備的數量多 二、班級座位安排法的多元化與校舍新舊、教室空間形式、課桌形式以及教師教學型態等因素的差異性達顯著 三、學習角落的設置需要空間，並和教師教學型態有關 貳、臺北縣市國小教師之教學型態及其與教學空間規畫之關係 一、教師教學型態多元化程度與普通教室空間形式、教室附屬教學設備多寡等教室空間設計因素的差異性達顯著 二、教師教學型態多元化程度與教室課桌形式、班級座位安排法以及學習角落設置個數等教室空間配置等因素的差異性達顯著 參、教學革新趨勢下教師理想中之普通教室空間規畫 　一、絕大多數教師心目中的理想教室空間為彈性、開放、多元化的空間 　二、有七成的教師認為理想的座位安排方式為小組式座位安排法，而有六成教師認為理想的課桌椅形式為長方形單人課桌 　三、有五成以上教師認為最需要的附屬教學設備以科技化教學設備為主，也有五成以上教師認為最需要設置的學習角落為語文圖書角、電腦角與遊戲角。 研究者根據文獻探討與研究發現，提出下列幾點建議： 一、普通教室平面形狀方面，應配合班級人數來設計長短邊之比例 二、普通教室空間形式方面，應以開放、彈性、多元化為原則 三、普通教室走廊空間的設計應以具多用途功能之空間為原則 四、普通教室附屬教學設備應增加科技化教學設備的設置 五、革新課桌椅形式，以利教師依教學需求變化班級座位安排 六、教師應依學生學習之需求彈性地調整教室空間的配置，並提昇使用教學設備的能力 七、未來研究可以進一步地針對不同教室空間的個案進行深入的觀察與訪談，來探討其對教師教學的影響