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French, Raechel; Imms, Wesley; Mahat, Marian – Improving Schools, 2020
This article explores the characteristics of a successful transition of a school from traditional classrooms to an innovative learning environment. Many schools today are converting traditional classrooms into spaces which are flexible, supporting a wide array of teaching and learning possibilities (i.e. an 'innovative learning environment').…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Classroom Environment, Classroom Design, Space Utilization
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Charteris, Jennifer; Wright, Noeline; Trask, Suzanne; Khoo, Elaine; Page, Angela; Anderson, Joanna; Cowie, Bronwen – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2021
In Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, the impetus to create open learning spaces that afford spatial and pedagogical flexibility have disrupted the nature of teachers' work. In redesigned education facilities, teachers engage in sophisticated processes of collaboration and ongoing teacher professional learning. Moving from traditional classroom…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Faculty Development, Figurative Language, Educational Facilities Design
Cleveland, Benjamin; Soccio, Philippa; Love, Patrick – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2016
Australia has been the site of significant school facility design innovation during the past decade. This innovation was showcased in 2013 in a report released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) titled "Innovative Learning Environments, Educational Research and Innovation." It featured case studies of 40…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Design, Facility Guidelines
Selinger, Michelle – Educational Facility Planner, 2011
A new pedagogy is emerging, placing students at the centre of the learning process and encouraging teachers to draw from a larger repertoire of strategies and skills to lead interdisciplinary and project-based work. The best learning is authentic--engaging students in their own learning in practical and real-life contexts that demonstrate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Trends, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Baker, Lindsay – National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 2012
Public education is one of the central tasks of a democratic society, and the buildings that house this important task not only shape the way one teaches, but provide icons and symbols for the values people hold common as a society. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this context has placed school buildings squarely in a position of debate and innovation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developed Nations, Educational Facilities Design, School Buildings
Fleet, Alma, Ed.; Robertson, Janet, Ed. – 1998
These four early childhood education conference papers discuss ideas and themes to create healthy educational environments inspired by preschool sites in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The first paper, "Environmental Visions: Daisies and the Possible" (Alma Fleet and Janet Robertson), discusses the influences of Reggio Emilia. The paper notes how…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Design