Spaces of Teaching and Learning

Integrating Perspectives on Research and Practice

Peter Goodyear editor Robert A Ellis editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer Verlag, Singapore

Published:23rd Dec '18

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This integrated collection of perspectives on the spaces of teaching and learning uses ‘learning space’ to place educational practice in context. It considers the complex relationships involved in the design, management and use of contemporary learning spaces. It sheds light on some of the problems of connecting the characteristics of spaces to the practices and outcomes of teaching and learning. The contributions show how research into learning spaces can inform broader educational practices and how the practices of teaching, learning and design can inform research. The selection of chapters demonstrates the value of gathering together multiple sources of evidence, viewed through different epistemological lenses in order to push the field forward in a timely fashion. The book provides both a broad review of current practices as well as a deep-dive into particular educational and epistemological challenges that the various approaches adopted entail. Contrasts and commonalities between the different approaches emphasise the importance of developing a broad, robust evidence-base for practice in context. This is the inaugural book in the series Understanding Teaching-Learning Practice.

“Rather than simply providing a tightly bounded set of research and practice that establishes a practical sense of what constitutes effective teaching and learning spaces, this book opens up the conversation about what constitutes appropriate and useful research, design and management of spaces of teaching and learning. … I would strongly recommend this book to all who have an interest in learning spaces research – to researchers, research students and those seeking new ways of seeing and researching learning.” (Alisa Percy, Higher Education Research & Development, October 24, 2018)

ISBN: 9789811355967

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 454g

243 pages

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018