Learning Spaces - What the Research Shows and the Process in L.A.18
Research shows that if students have some choice or autonomy over where they sit to learn, it can have great positive benefits in terms of their educational outcomes (see PDF at bottom of page). To this end, the students in L.A. 18 have embarked on the process of turning our "standard" classroom, with rows of desks in a relatively traditional set-up, into a set of learning spaces. Students voted on the type of furniture they wanted, namely a small tent to read in, stools to sit on, an outdoor setting and many other bits and pieces. They also designed a room lay-out they preferred using graph paper to construct a birds-eye view of their ideal classroom set-up. The final set-up will be drawn from the best ideas seen in the students' work.
The pieces of furniture have now been purchased and this week, week two of term one, we begin the physical process of transforming our classroom.
Weeks later, and with a few different configurations in the class's history, these are the results:
The pieces of furniture have now been purchased and this week, week two of term one, we begin the physical process of transforming our classroom.
Weeks later, and with a few different configurations in the class's history, these are the results:
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