Obiettivo Most task furniture in schools today is inadequate to meet the postural needs of students. With 88 million in full-time education in Europe alone and in the context of the proliferation of IT in the classroom and advances in teaching methods, posture, health and well-being of students is imperative. Growing awareness has led to growing demand for improved furniture design. Recent studies show that children typically spend 15,000 hours sitting during their education in furniture not fit for purpose. Approximately 13 per cent of children aged 10-16 suffer recurrent back pain. Today, almost all teachers and students have access to IT in the classroom and there has been a shift from specialist computer rooms to students working with laptops at their desks. This development provides enhanced opportunities for learning, yet the implications for posture, health and wellbeing are in decline. There is now a large body of evidence to suggest that the ‘open thigh torso’ sitting posture provides many advantages for schoolchildren engaged in task-based activities on a desk surface yet, there is a lot more to the comfort and wellbeing of pupils in school than furniture that ‘fits’ or meets the European standard EN1729. Experts now agree that active-dynamic sitting leads to a healthy work setting in school. The Task Furniture in Education project will examine all these issues in detail with a view to bridging the gap between ergonomics and the potential for new creative design outputs. This 4 year project will combine the expertise of 3 industry partners and 3 academic partners, representing 3 countries in Europe in a work programme has been structured to exploit the synergies of the partners. The project will design, develop and test practical, economic, sustainable solutions through to production ready prototype stage. The overall aim is to add to and disseminate new knowledge in the subject and to improve the long term health and well-being of students. Campo scientifico social scienceseducational sciencesdidacticssocial sciencespsychologyergonomics Programma(i) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Argomento(i) FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP - Marie Curie Action: "Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways" Invito a presentare proposte FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento MC-IAPP - Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) Coordinatore NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN Contributo UE € 486 103,00 Indirizzo THOMAS STREET 100 D08 Dublin Irlanda Mostra sulla mappa Regione Ireland Eastern and Midland Dublin Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Gearoid O Conchubhair (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (5) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto CENTRO DE INVESTIGACAO E FORMACAO EM ARTES E DESIGN LDA Portogallo Contributo UE € 131 970,00 Indirizzo AVENIDA CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN 4460 268 SENHORA DA HORA Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo José António Simões (Prof.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN Irlanda Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo COLLEGE GREEN TRINITY COLLEGE D02 CX56 DUBLIN 2 Mostra sulla mappa Regione Ireland Eastern and Midland Dublin Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Deirdre Savage (Ms.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato BUNDESARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFT FUR HALTUNGS UND BEWEGUNGSFORDERUNG EV Germania Contributo UE € 208 363,00 Indirizzo Matthias Claudius Strasse 14 65185 Wiesbaden Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Other Contatto amministrativo Dieter Briethecker (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato VS VEREINIGTE SPEZIALMOBELFABRIKEN GMBH & CO KG Germania Contributo UE € 508 898,00 Indirizzo HOCHHAUSER STRASSE 8 97941 TAUBERBISCHOFSHEIM Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Thomas Mueller (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato FIELDING NAIR INTERNATIONAL Stati Uniti Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo MORGAN AVE. 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