The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of school space based on a survey conducted at “Gunma Kokusai Academy” established in 2005. Our results are as follow:
1) Classes in the lower grades are characterized by instructions consisting of lecturing, and therefore children tend to spend the whole day in the same classroom.
2) Those in the upper grades have more individual and group work, and they tend to enter a different classroom for each subject.
3) Considering the difference of physical size between the children in the lower and those in the upper grades, the area of a classroom should be carefully weighed. Above all, a plan fully exploiting the advantages of both open and closed classrooms is desired.
