Monday, March 22, 2010

Mt Wellington School Design

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After returning from Jasmax, our Architects this morning I am reminded of what a privileged position it is to dream and scheme about possibilities for classroom/school design, from the ground up. I am constantly having to challenge traditional mental models about how things have always been in school. Take the traditional big librarian counter for example, portraying a 'fort Knox' scenario of please don't enter! One of the most exciting parts is thinking about how classroom spaces might be furnished to cater for various learning scenarios and preferences.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Sarah
    How are you? Congrats on your new position!
    Being involved in shaping the design of a new school is certainly a career highlight!
    The ingredients of 21st century learning such as inquiry learning, the increasing use of mobile multimedia devices and the challenge of providing spaces for a variety of learning scenarios (such as in groups, peers and as a class) to name just a few, certainly pushes the boundaries from the 'old school', traditional, rectangular box where all desks faced the same way and all seats where of the same height. :)
    I noticed you have been reading some of Stephen Heppell's work and wondered if you had seen this film on Randall Fielding's work http://tiny.cc/4urd3.
    Regards
    Sarah G

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  2. Hi Sarah
    Many thanks for for taking the time to comment and for the link to Randall Fielding's work. It's buffering as I respond to your comment. I will look with much interest. I agree we have an incredible opportunity to push some boundaries and shake up 20th century mental models of teaching and learning.

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