| APPLIED ASPECTS OF AUDITORY DISTRACTION |
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| Year : 2010 | Volume
: 12
| Issue : 49 | Page : 225--234 |
Noise in open plan classrooms in primary schools: A review
Bridget Shield1, Emma Greenland2, Julie Dockrell3
1 Faculty of Engineering, Science and Built Environment, London South Bank University, SE1 0AA, United Kingdom
2 WSP Acoustics, WSP House, 70 Chancery Lane, London WC2 A 1AF, United Kingdom
3 Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, London University, WC1H 0AA, London, United Kingdom
Correspondence Address:
Bridget Shield
Faculty of Engineering, Science and Built Environment, London South Bank University, London SE1 0AA
United Kingdom
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.70501
This paper presents a review of research carried out in the past 40 years into various aspects of noise in open plan classrooms. The emergence of open plan classroom design in response to progressive educational reforms is discussed. A limited amount of evidence of the effects of noise in open plan classrooms is presented. Surveys of both background and intrusive noise levels in open plan classrooms are summarized and compared. Differences between noise levels in open plan and enclosed classrooms are also considered. Recommended noise limits and acoustic design criteria for open plan classrooms are discussed, together with some current international standards. The paper concludes with a discussion of appropriate noise control measures to reduce noise and maximize speech intelligibility and speech privacy in open plan classrooms.
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