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ItemFrom Plans to Pedagogy: Developing teachers’ spatial competencies(Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, 2020)This research seeks to understand how teachers effectively engage in the design, development and use of innovative learning environments within primary and secondary schools in Australia and New Zealand. Innovative learning spaces are defined here as open, flexible and creatively-used spaces within which teachers and students collaborate to learn. There is seen to be a continuum of space types from entirely open, flexible spaces to closed, traditional classrooms that accommodate one teacher and one group of students. This paper reports on the results of one case study school located in the Australian Capital Territory. A case-study, mixed-methods methodology highlighted that innovative learning spaces may increase student engagement in learning and teachers’ use of evidence-based, student-centred pedagogies.
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ItemOne journey, many pathways: Teachers’ transformative journey into innovative learning environments(Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, 2020-04-13)Transitions—a component of the Australian Research Council’s Innovative Learning Environments and Teacher Change (ILETC) linkage project—is a series of research symposia running in 2017 (Melbourne, Michigan and London), 2018 (Melbourne, Phoenix and Copenhagen) and 2019 (Melbourne). It brought together researchers, educators and industry partners to showcase research that explores the theoretical and practical issues involved in creating successful innovative learning environments. In 2017, the symposium opened the door to an international conversation about realising the potential of innovative learning spaces. Transitions 2018 continued the conversation by considering what teachers are doing (well) to transition from traditional spaces to innovative learning environments (ILEs). Transitions19 was a three-day trans-disciplinary, research symposium focusing on the journey schools and teachers make as they re-imagine and redevelop their learning spaces.
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ItemWhat is involved in making the journey from traditional to innovative learning environments?(Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, 2020-04-13)