The changing face of education
Due to the rapid and ever evolving advancements of technology, learning spaces of the 21st century are networks of diverse connections. Learners are no longer being directed along a lineal path for the purposes of finding a career. Because, quite simply, as Ken Robinson (Ted, 2006) points out , the careers of students today have yet to be created. The challenges facing young people as they become adults are more complex and demanding than ever before (Bentley, 2012) Therefore, in order to equip our students to be future global citizens, lets become educational innovators, lets rethink and adapt our pedagogical strategies, make changes to our classroom and school spaces, adopt forgotten, and explore new, cultural approaches, whilst immersing ourselves in e-space connections. We will address the challenges and strengths of: learning in the e-space; personal learning journeys and the influences of the liminal space; learning experiences both in and beyond the classroom; and cooperative and collaborative cultural approaches.
Physical Changes
If we are wanting to develop teaching and learning programs based on practices that develop inquiry and reflective behaviours and evaluative and analytical processes in children, then we need to think on how our classroom and school spaces are providing suitable stimulus and physical places as support structures.
Places for collaboration, spaces for reflection, places for celebration, spaces for sensory exploration, places to discover and share, spaces for connecting to self, the environment and beyond the 4 walls. Do we cater for noisy spaces, quiet spaces, spaces for movement?
Read the following blog 'An Everyday Story' by Kate and consider how we can incorporate principles of the Reggio Emilia approach in to our school transformation
Create a Pinterest board to reflect your ideas.
