Evaluating 21st Century Learning Environments The Translational Design of Learning Environments Fisher, K. (2016) The transformation of design thinking through evidence-based design in health facilities planning is based on the medical model of clinical research. These studies ensure that the resultant evidence is sufficiently valid, replicable and double blinded to ensure the safety of a procedure under test for ultimate commercial use with patients. ...
Evaluating 21st Century Learning Environments Plans and Pedagogies: School Design as Socio-Spatial Assemblage Fisher, K | Dovey, K. (2016) The concepts in this chapter were originally presented in the Journal of Architecture in 2013, addressing a design oriented audience. The research findings are included in this book to ensure an educational audience has the opportunity to see the links between pedagogy and space which were encountered in this study. ...
Evaluating 21st Century Learning Environments Entering the TARDIS: Exploring the Working Space of a Teacher Grant, G. (2016) Studies of learning spaces commonly focus on post-occupancy evaluations of building performance (Cleveland & Fisher, 2014), and in reference to use, on the relationship between the physical space and student outcomes (Blackmore, Bateman, Loughlin, O’Mara & Aranda, 2011). However, the school is not only a (student) learning space, but also ...
Evaluating 21st Century Learning Environments Transforming Learning Spaces and the Impact on Pedagogical Approaches: A Beginning Teacher's Journey Harper, A. (2016) Beginning teachers have a range of concerns when they commence their first appointment. Foremost amongst these is classroom management. While beginning teachers aim to meet new curriculum challenges and develop their personal pedagogical approaches, these concerns are often made subordinate to their strong desire to maintain control at a classroom ...
Evaluating 21st Century Learning Environments Evaluating Spaces of Pedagogic Affect Healy, S. (2016) I have a teenaged son. A few months ago he came home announcing that he wanted to go to a different school. Then, after a school tour he back-flipped saying: “Mum, I can’t go to that school.” When I inquired why, he said, “I don’t like the feel of it”. ...
Evaluating 21st Century Learning Environments A Brief Foray into the Field of Light: Possibilities for Generating Affective Data Healy, S. (2016) The deliberate use of light to evoke an emotional response in artist Bruce Munro’s (2016) environmental installation Field of Light at Uluru entices visitors to join in an ephemeral experience that promotes a shared connection with the world at large. In this way, Field of Light can be seen as ...
Other Occupying Curriculum as Space Imms, W. (2016) Learning environment research is gaining previously unachieved sophistication as it develops beyond ‘post occupancy evaluation’ towards socio-cultural examinations of how students and teachers occupy and utilise space. This chapter argues that knowledge gained though previous research can be ‘mined’ for such spatial implications. The overlap between gender studies and curriculum ...
Evaluating 21st Century Learning Environments New Generation Learning Environments: How Can We Find Out If What Works Is Working? Imms, W. (2016) The book’s introductory chapter discussed the rapidly growing academic conversation occurring around learning environment research. It highlighted one significant gap in this literature; the evaluation of such spaces. Its conclusion wasn’t that little research has been done to document impact, but what has been done has been too particular in ...
Evaluating 21st Century Learning Environments Evaluating Learning Environments: Snapshots of Emerging Issues, Methods and Knowledge Imms, W | Cleveland, B | Fisher, K. (2016) The recent trend in innovative school design has provided exciting places to both learn and teach. New generation learning environments have encouraged educators to unleash responsive pedagogies previously hindered by traditional classrooms, and has allowed students to engage in a variety of learning experiences well beyond the traditional ‘chalk and ...
Evaluating 21st Century Learning Environments Cultivating Learners in Complex Environments Miles, J. (2016) Economic and educational reforms encourage adults to return to study to optimise their contribution to Australia’s place in an increasingly competitive global market. Yet the features of adult learning spaces that are discussed in much of the literature relate to physical structure and architectural design, or to distance and mobility. ...