학술논문

Participatory Design of Classrooms: Infrastructuring Education Reform in K-12 Personalized Learning Programs
Document Type
Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Source
Journal of Learning Spaces. 2018 7(2):35-49.
Subject
Elementary Secondary Education
Classroom Design
Individualized Instruction
Educational Change
School Space
Public Schools
Affordances
Participation
Elementary School Students
Middle School Students
High School Students
Elementary School Teachers
Middle School Teachers
Secondary School Teachers
Language
English
ISSN
2158-6195
Abstract
The redesign of the physical spaces of classrooms and schools has become a prominent feature in many K-12, personalized learning schools, though it is often dismissed as a peripheral aspect of change. Through observations and interviews at four public schools, I examine the affordances of these new spaces and the narrative of their design. I situate these spaces-turned-places as pedagogical artifacts in a participatory design process to examine how educators and students create functional and meaningful learning spaces. Reframing the physical spaces in this way suggests how the spaces may be supporting the sustainability of the reform.