GREEN SCHOOLS AS AN INTERACTIVE LEARNING SOURCE

Building and landscape the typical school from are considered mostly as place where learning occurs but not as source of learning itself. Instead of being instructional, the campus is designed to be convenient, efficient, or aesthetically pleasing. Thus the same education could happen anywhere in any country with no difference. But in fact school building and landscape reflect a hidden curriculum that powerfully influences the learning process. Green schools offer tremendous benefits for students, staff, and the environment. Besides these benefits they have the potential to serve as a teaching tool for Environmental Education (EE). Thus the school s physical environment – including buildings and ground - increases the environmental awareness for students through hands-on learning opportunities, and a visible element of sustainability values. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the role of green school buildings in environmental education in order to investigate the different aspects of utilizing green school as a teaching tool and illustrating the educational implication of green school. A number of recommendations are drawn as key direction to improve public school buildings in Egypt.