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How to lead your own Building Education Revolution!

Pedagogy and 21st Century Learning Spaces

Mark Richardson, ICT Coordinator, Williamstown PS

Tuesday, 7 August 12

Conducted by

The Bastow Institute &

New Learning Environments | Rubida Research [email protected]

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Leading Learning Space Design


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The layers in this session.

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What are 21st Century Skills?

http://www.skills21.org/


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Historical & Educational Context

Henry Bastow, Architect


20th & 21st Century Learning Spaces

Future Proofing Schools: The Phase 1 Research Compilation. p.10 Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning, University of

Melbourne, August 2011.


Case Study - Williamstown PS


Introduction

• The Pedagogy of the 21st Century Teaching and Learning informing and driving the Learning Space Design?

• Designing a 21st Century Teaching and Learning Space and hoping it fits the school pedagogy or using it as a driver to alter existing pedagogies?

Which is more ideal?

OR

Not the ideal way, but it does happen!

More ideal, if supported by all stakeholders.


Key Questions for this session.

• What are the links between Pedagogy & Learning Spaces?

• What processes can you use to align Pedagogy with Learning Spaces?

• What’s the role of ICT in Learning Space design?


• What I would like you to get out of this session.

• That you see the importance of the link between Pedagogy & Learning Spaces.

• That you have a realisation that different stakeholders [Principals / Teachers / Students / School Community] often have different views about how learning spaces should be designed.


• What different stakeholders might think.

Future Proofing Schools: The Phase 1 Research

Compilation. p.20Faculty of Architecture,

Building & Planning, University of



• What I would also like you to get out of this session.

• That you see an example of a process used in the case study that may be useful if you are re-designing a teaching and learning space.

• That a good re-design project doesn’t necessarily cost a large amount of money.

• That there are lots of resources available to assist you in the process of learning space design.


• What I would also like you to get out of this session.

• Look at the positives, not just the negatives.

Future Proofing Schools: The Phase 1 Research

Compilation. p.20Faculty of Architecture,

Building & Planning, University of



Then get an Educational Planner!

• If you ever get a chance to design a teaching and learning space on a bigger scale.....

http://www.cefpi.org.au/Tuesday, 7 August 12

http://www.cefpi.org.au

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The Role of an Educational Planner


• What’s the link between Pedagogy & Learning Spaces anyway?

Part One


• Teaching and learning requires appropriate physical and virtual spaces for those activities.

• We think about this for specialist teaching and learning spaces, but often not for the generalist or home group teaching and learning spaces.

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• The links between Pedagogy & Learning Spaces.


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• What type of learning do you value and want to encourage?

•21st century learning encourages the use of a variety of teaching methods to meet the individual needs of students.


•What spaces and resources will you need to do the following:

• Social & collaborative learning?

• Integrated Curriculum?

• Student-directed / teacher-directed learning?

• Independent learning?

• Project work?

• Direct Instruction?Making the most of flexible working spaces A guide for principals and teachers p.5 [DEECD January 2011]


• The links between Pedagogy & Learning Spaces.

• Social & collaborative

learning

• Integrated Curriculum

• Studentdirected &teacher directed learning

• Project work

• Direct Instruction


• What process can you use to align your Pedagogy with your Learning Spaces?

Part Two


• A process for a re-design of a learning space to a school’s pedagogy.

• It’s not about one person’s view.

• All stakeholders need involvement.

• What is the current school vision and what it will be like in the near future?

• Read widely and listen extensively.

• Visit other learning spaces and talk to the stakeholders.


• Ask lots of questions and then ask more.

• Build a network of people to assist you.

• Be aware that despite great planning, you will have to make quick decisions.

• Work out a variety of ways to involve all stakeholders.



• Break apart some key school documents.

• How can your “new” learning space better meet some of these directions?

• Survey Stakeholders.

• Develop Planning Principles as to what us important to the project.



• Processes to align Pedagogy with Learning Spaces.• An audit of the aims of this project against school documentation such

as the school’s Values and Beliefs, Strategic Plan 2012-2015, Annual Implementation Plan 2012 [AIP], and ICT/eLearning Plan 2011 has indicated the usefulness of this project will in meeting the current Key Improvement Strategies in the current AIP of the school. It will greatly assist listed actions in that plan such as

• Offering students a wide range of eLearning activities in all domains through the introduction of online activities for all P- 6 students this will include finding resources on school intranet, Moodle, Ultranet and recording and responding to what they have learnt using information products, blogs, wikis.• Introduction of collaborative online projects including SuperClubsPlus, Global2Blogs, Moodle and the Ultranet as relevant.• This project also supports the school in its accreditation process as an eSmart school, which sets positive policies, modeling and behaviors around Digital Citizenship. [From the Williamstown PS, AIP 2012]


• Develop your surveys to cover the following:

• School directions & “new” learning space.

• How teachers will operate in it.

• How students will operate in it.

• How the community might operate in it.



Develop some planning principles for the project from these surveys & focus groups.

1. Planning Principles for the Williamstown PS project

Criteria dominantly influenced by Leadership:

1.6 Connected to the world beyond the confines of the school.

1.9 Consisting of appropriate amenities and equipment.

Criteria dominantly influenced by Practice:

1.11 Conducive to exploration, imagination and creativity.

Criteria dominantly influenced by Leadership & Practice:

1.4 Interesting, stimulating and relevant to all students.1.5 Flexible, varied and resource based.1.10 Conducive to discussion interaction and collaboration.1.12 Well integrated technologies into learning sequences in meaningful ways.

Using the Learning Environments Evaluation Tool [LEET] designed by New Learning Environments | Rubida Research


• Analyse your survey results:

• What trends are there?

• Are these trends similar or different to your pre-conceptions?

• What did you learn from the survey?

• Explore some of the survey findings through teacher and student focus groups.



• What’s the role of ICT in this?

Part Three


• The role of I.C.T. in all of this.

• Multiliteracies

• 21st Century is technology rich, so should these learning spaces. Students should therefore have access to a variety of technologies available to them.

• Learning Management Systems

• The use of an LMS [such as Moodle, Ultranet] is critical for 24/ 7 learning, Blended Learning, Personalised learning etc.


The “new” learning space


The “new” learning space


• Plan The Move In!

• Celebrate the new space!

• Offer teacher professional development in the new space.

• Model how the space will work to teachers and students.

• Teaching & Learning in the new space may take some adjustment.

• Be prepared to make some minor changes to the space if necessary.

• Evaluate the space in 6 -12 months time.


• Resources - Furniture

• Learning Furniture “A Just Don’t Stuff It” Guide. [Council of Educational Facility Planners International.]

http://www.cefpi.org.au/news/33/learning-furniture-workshop-video/

• Commercial Suppliers.[Take care and think about this!]

• Modifying what you have already.[Take care and think about this!]




• Other Major Considerations for Learning Spaces

• These were not part of my project

• Environmental Issues [ Heat, Light, Sound].

• Sustainability Issues.

• Landscaping, Outdoor Areas.

• Linkages to Other Learning Spaces.

• Flexibility.

• Future Proofing.


• Resources - Research

• DEECD & the Building Education Revolutionhttp://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/directions/buildingrevolution/default.htm

• Learning Space Researchhttp://www.education.vic.gov.au/researchinnovation/resources/learningspacesresearch.htm

• Making the most of flexible learning spaces:http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/directions/buildingrevolution/forschools/usingspaces.htm (DEECD, 2009)


http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/directions/buildingrevolution/default.htm




http://www.education.vic.gov.au/researchinnovation/resources/learningspacesresearch.htm




http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/directions/buildingrevolution/forschools/usingspaces.htm




• Resources - Research

• Research into the connection between built learning spaces and student outcomes: http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/publ/research/publ/blackmore_learning_spaces.pdf (DEECD, 2011)

• Pedagogy and Space: Transforming Learning through Innovation: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/researchinnovation/lpd/resources.htm (DEECD, 2009)

• Learning Spaces & Learning Styleshttp://www.learningspacesandlearningstyles.com/


http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/publ/research/publ/blackmore_learning_spaces.pdf




http://www.education.vic.gov.au/researchinnovation/lpd/resources.htm




http://www.learningspacesandlearningstyles.com/deecd-victoria-australia-context.html

http://www.learningspacesandlearningstyles.com/deecd-victoria-australia-context.html

• Contact me

Williamstown PS [email protected]

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