Afraid to Ask

#18. Are Open Plan Classrooms Actually a Good Idea?


Listen Later

Desks or beanbags? Uniform structure or room to move freely? Today we're talking with Dr Rachel Morrison and Dr Leon Benade about modern learning environments, and whether or not they achieve their goal or simply create more problems.

You can read more about Dr Rachel Morrison’s research into the dark side of open plan offices here: Get out of my face! We’re more antisocial in a shared office space https://theconversation.com/get-out-of-my-face-were-more-antisocial-in-a-shared-office-space-64734
Leon Barnade has written about open plan classroom spaces – the modern learning environment – on his blog: https://criticaleducatorblog.wordpress.com/

Let us know what you think, and don’t forget to submit your question at #askAUT

Music: Go Cart - Loop Mix Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Afraid to AskBy Afraid to Ask