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PEDAGOGY DRIVES LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT DESIGN
BY: TIINA MALSTE
D
esigning
learning
environments
requires
balancing in preferences;
with the curriculum as a
map, and the pedagogical know-
how of teachers as a compass. Ideal
learning environment arrangements
are a source of inspiration for all in the
school community.
Particularly within Early Childhood
Education, the learning environment
has been recognized as the third
teacher, side by side with facilitating
adults and peer learners. Why wouldn’t
we take advantage of this perceptive
finding at any level of education?
How the learning spaces
of today can enhance the
competences of tomorrow?
The competences required in order to
manage well in the future cannot be
achieved in schools designed for our
parents. A core task of today’s formal
education is to prepare the learners
for life.
Modern learning spaces encourage
subject
integration
with
active
and participatory learning. The
environment supports the learners
from knowledge assimilators towards
community-based knowledge and
content creators. All spaces are
learning spaces!
Can everyone be a learning
environment designer?
The jointly selected solutions create
an innovation platform reinforcing
students’ own initiative and inspiring
them to find, try and create novel
solutions together. This promotes
students’ sense of agency and gives
them the chance to show their
strengths through choices.
At best, the learning environment
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Term 1 Sep - Dec 2019
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