Study of education environments in terms of physical/spatial variables in regional primary boarding schools

In this study with the interdisciplinary approach, theoretical aspects of Educational Science, Environmental Psychology and Architecture have been met on a common denominator. The study has been conducted in three stages. In the first stage, through document analysis, the spaces that must be present in Regional Primary Boarding Schools (RPBS) and in what indoor and outdoor spaces the students spend most of their time have been determined. In the second stage, the instrument of “Physical/spatial conditions satisfaction questionnaire” has been applied to the universe of the study. Data has been analyzed with the chi-square technique in SPSS16.0 package program and the general problems of the physical/spatial conditions pertaining to RPBSs and in what RPBSs these problems have been observed more have been determined. In the third stage, “focus group interviews” and “mechanical observations” concerning the reasons of the specified problems have been performed in determined RPBSs. Data analysis has been performed with the QSR Nvivo 8 program. Satisfaction/dissatisfaction levels of the students of RPBS concerning physical/spatial conditions and the reasons of the related problems have been determined. Suggestions have been offered to prepare more effective educational environments.