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Direct linkCollyer, Edward – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2021
Independent work and silent classrooms appear to be part of a wider discourse adopted by some schools across England and promoted as good practice by England's Education Secretary. This paper explores the effect of grouped and individual seating on the engagement of four boys in small group sessions teaching the English Language GCSE. Observations…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Males
Daniels, Harry; Tse, Hau Ming; Ortega Ferrand, Lorena; Stables, Andrew; Cox, Sarah – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2019
This article is concerned with the influences that are brought to bear on the design of school buildings and the effects that the design of these buildings have on those who teach and learn in them. The article also focuses on the ways in which design is altered in and through the practices of these occupants. We argue that there is a mutual…
Descriptors: School Buildings, Building Design, Teaching Methods, Sociocultural Patterns
Casanova, Diogo; Di Napoli, Roberto; Leijon, Marie – Teaching in Higher Education, 2018
To date, learning spaces in higher education have been designed with little engagement on the part of their most important users: students and teachers. In this paper, we present the results of research carried out in a UK university. The research aimed to understand how students and teachers conceptualise learning spaces when they are given the…
Descriptors: Space Utilization, Higher Education, Educational Environment, Classroom Design
Download full textCasanova, Diogo; Mitchell, Paul – Journal of Learning Spaces, 2017
This paper presents an alternative method for learning space design that is driven by user input. An exploratory study was undertaken at an English university with the aim of redesigning technology-enhanced learning spaces. Two provocative concepts were presented through participatory design workshops during which students and teachers reflected…
Descriptors: Participative Decision Making, Design Preferences, Classroom Design, Technology Integration
Mercier, Emma M.; Higgins, Steven E.; Joyce-Gibbons, Andrew – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
While research indicates that technology can be useful for supporting learning and collaboration, there is still relatively little uptake or widespread implementation of these technologies in classrooms. In this paper, we explore one aspect of the development of a multi-touch classroom, looking at two different designs of the classroom environment…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Electronic Learning
Gibbs, Gloria G. – 1975
The primary objective of this study was to encourage teacher education programs to further the knowledge of the principles, modes of teaching, learning styles, and organization of open education. Procedures used in conducting the study were (1) an analysis of the literature reflecting a theorectical framework within which the components of open…
Descriptors: Classes (Groups of Students), Classroom Design, Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
