PBL的差异制造者:家具
西尔维娅·哈乔
日期
二零一七年十一月八日
School Districts across the United States are seeking options differing from the traditional classroom in order to transform their spaces into project based learning environments. Traditional classrooms use passive furniture that support typical Information Transfer 学习 (ITL) environments. While we have become more knowledgeable about the impact of the classroom environment on learning, 这可能很难 to advance this line of thinking across districts. 通常, 在设计过程中, 在整个项目中, there is plenty of thought given to the classroom space. 和, 仍然, the vision will remain- “this will be a project based learning environment that will support ‘fill in the blank’ education”, 这取决于地区. 很多关于技术需求的讨论, 门的位置, 透明度, 大小, and daylighting is given; however, very little thought is devoted to the furniture for the space, in which the students and teachers will communicate.
家具影响学习环境, 告知课程内容的授课方式, 以及学生如何参与. These spaces are intended to accommodate different teaching and learning structures: one to one instruction, 点对点讨论, 小组作业, 个人学习与反思, 教师指导教学. These spaces are also intended to be equipped with a wide breadth of materials for the students to use in presentations.
We know the proverb “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” There should be a new proverb that reminds us, “Our future is defined by the classrooms of today”.
Too many times furniture design is left to individuals that were not included in the visioning or the design thought process, whose primary focus is budget and parity for their school district. 这个任务对他们不公平, 现在的学生, 未来的学生, 在船上或学校的教官. 预算 & 平等应该是他们关注的焦点, and budget and parity are an important piece of the puzzle; yet, we are 仍然 missing furniture that compliments and supports the multi-disciplinary classroom and THAT IS the quandary of school districts. 基于项目的学习(PBL)环境 need collaborative furniture that allows for breakout groups for students, 会众领域, 个人反思, storage for student presentation materials and accommodates technology.
那么，这种类型的家具是什么样的呢? 你在寻找什么标准? Selection should be driven by the following criteria: BAMMFED – B- budget, A-适应技术, M -流动, M-移动存储器, F -灵活性, E -人体工程学, D-耐久性. Once the furniture has met that criteria – it can be integrated aesthetically with the design vision of the project. Types of furniture could include: tables that can be easily clustered, 允许学生活动的座位, allows students to sit in other positions besides upright in a chair, 适应不同类型的活动, 并且允许协作, 个人学习和测试.
While a district can use some collaborative furniture in an ITL environment the opposite is not true. 被动的家具 不会在PBL环境中工作.
