A short PP put together for Kedron's Year 7 PLC into the Environment for Learning

2. A Case for Change?

3. We need to talk about
middle schooling…
! Independence
! Self-direction
! Engagement
! Connectedness
! Risk taking
! Effective use of learning spaces

4. Environment for Learning
= Physical Spaces?
”…overall, changes to the physical environment of schools are unlikely to have a
direct effect on learning.” Education Endowment Fund 2015

5. Environment for Learning
”…there is some evidence supporting the impact of co-design, or involving potential
beneficiaries in taking responsibility for learning spaces and changing their
behaviours as they adapt to new settings.” Education Endowment Fund 2015
QUT 2008

6. Teachers need to work together with students and the
school community to develop learning spaces that are:
 Intentionally designed and co-created with
students
 Designed to maximise student access to and
ownership of the learning environment
 Versatile and allow for multiple use
concurrently and consecutively
 Maintained continuously by both staff and
students
 Future proofed – to enable space to be
revised and modified
 Able to support multiple types of learning
activities
 Zoned for sound and activity
 Designed for people, not for ephemeral
technologies
 Information rich and technologically reliable
 Connection enabled, inside and outside of
the learning context/concept/space
 Connected to the outdoors.

7. Meet 7 White

8. Co-designing the space…

9. Practice TransformationPractice Transformation
NEW PRACTICE
EXISTING
PRACTICE
EVALUATION DILEMMA

10. Pedagogical Tool: Genius Bar

11. Padlet Blog 7 White
http://padlet.com/d_hylton/3TPKC5