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DOES WHERE YOU TEACH MATTER? Pam Woolner, Research Centre for Learning and Teaching

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Does where you teach matter?. Pam Woolner, Research Centre for Learning and Teaching. Learning can take place anywhere. ....can’t it...?. School buildings research evidence. The Impact of School Environments: A literature Review (2005) www.designcouncil.org.uk - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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DOES WHERE YOU TEACH MATTER?Pam Woolner, Research Centre for Learning and Teaching

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Learning can take place anywhere...

....can’t it...?

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School buildings research evidence

The Impact of School Environments: A literature Review (2005) www.designcouncil.org.uk

School building programmes: motivations, consequences and implications (2005) www.cfbt.com

Woolner & Hall (2007) Oxford Review of Education 33(1), 47-70

What effect(s) does the physical environment have….? Physically inadequate places impact directly (eg

noise on reading; poor air quality on health) and indirectly (poor maintenance on teacher and student attitudes) on learning

There is much less evidence for any benefit of much better setting

There are exceptions to both these generalisations!

What impact(s) does changing the setting have?

History shows that changing the physical setting often doesn’t change teaching and learning practices

Participatory approaches seem to have benefits to place and participants

Woolner et al (2010) Learning environments research13(1), 1-22

Woolner & Hall (2010) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 7 8) 3255-3269

Woolner P. Educational and Child Psychology 2011, 28(1), 9-19

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This all suggests... There is no ideal space for learning The importance of ‘fit’ between the

space and what teaching and learning you want to do in it

Teachers (and students and others) need to get involved in thinking about teaching spaces and facilitating change

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Fitting the space to your intentions Find the appropriate room Consider re-arranging the

furniture Discuss how you teach with

colleagues Feedback (to your school,

faculty, T&L Spaces Group, Estates) about what you need

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TEACHING SPACES ON CAMPUS

Bev Robinson , Estate Planner,Newcastle University, Estate Support Service

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Teaching & Learning spaces

Over £15 million of funding has been invested in teaching and learning spaces in the last six years.

The aim has been to create ‘Better not more spaces’

Improve the quality of all teaching rooms Standardise equipment Improve utilisation and efficiency

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Number of Teaching rooms

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Fitness for purpose survey 2010LT’s, Teaching rooms & seminar spaces

Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Total 0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200Chart 4 Comparison of Fitness for purpose

surveys

Num

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of r

oom

s

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Lecture TheatresClaremont Tower 1.02 Capacity 252Armstrong 1.46 Capacity 106

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RB Green 2009 Entrance to Lecture Theatre

Lecturers view when teaching

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RB Green lecture Theatre 2010 Capacity 450

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King George VI LT1 Raked seating 2009 Teaching wall 2009

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King George VI 2010 Capacity 143

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King George VI LT5 2011 Capacity 64

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Standard AV equipment Percy G11 2008 Stephenson T 13

Capacity 60

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Teaching Rooms Stephenson T1 (3.02) 2008

Stephenson T1 (3.02) 2009 Capacity 48

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Teaching Rooms Stephenson T12 Capacity 60

Bedson Teaching Centre G36 Capacity 60

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Merz Court L201 Capacity 50

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Stephenson T10 Capacity 60

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Percy 1.05 Capacity 22

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Herschel Computer Cluster 2009

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Herschel Computer Cluster 2010 Green zone student study 25 capacity

Purple (48), Red (36) and Blue (68) zones for teaching (Capacity full 172)

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Hershel Cluster 2010 Projection screen for Red zone

Purple zone capacity 48

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King George V1 Computer Cluster

2007 split into 2 with screens

2008 One or two teaching spaces Capacity 90

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Stephenson Computer Cluster 2010 Capacity 124

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2011 Refurbishment Old Library Building Cluster - Student study Robinson Library cluster - 24 hour student study King George VI LT5 , seminar rooms 1.11 & 1.12 Bedson 1.46 Lecture Theatre Decoration & minor improvements to over 20

teaching and seminar rooms Installation/upgrade of AV Percy 1.19 & 4 Dental

seminar rooms Conversion of 7 seminar rooms to boardroom

style

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Old Library Building cluster

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Bedson Teaching Centre 1.46 Summer 2011 Refurbishment

Wooden seating to be retained

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Refurbishments 2011/12 Daysh Brae Cluster David Shaw Lecture Theatre - AV King George VI LT4 Computer clusters - Bedson - Chart, Medical School

- Pool, Merz Court - Oracle, Ridley - Neried Creation of a film showing venue Development of a number of social learning spaces Decoration and minor improvements to a number

of rooms Creation of large flat floor teaching space

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Does Where you teach matter?

1. How can we improve the spaces we’ve got ?

2. Other institutions

3. Something different?

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Merz Court L301 Capacity 78

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Merz Court L3.03 84 Capacity

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Claremont Tower 1.01 Capacity 60

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King George VI LT4 Capacity 117