Improving Learning Spaces Past Times Empowering Schoolhouse Users
By Andreas Schleicher
Director, Directorate for Education together with Skills
During a trip to Republic of Finland inward the middle of winter, I visited a schoolhouse where all the students left their snowfall boots inward the schoolhouse antechamber together with walked or together with then inward their socks for the residue of the day. I had a similar sense inward New Zealand, where barefoot students are a mutual sight inward warmer months. In each case, the students clearly felt every bit comfortable inward their schools every bit they would inward their living rooms. While fundamental, nosotros ask to create to a greater extent than than exactly ensure the comfort together with security of students inward schools. The bigger challenge is to foster an effective learning surround that supports students inward edifice the portfolio of noesis together with skills they volition ask to thrive inward the 21st century.
When visiting schools all over the world, I’ve witnessed many instances of students together with teachers re-arranging their physical surround – both within together with exterior schoolhouse buildings – to suit their learning objectives together with teaching practices. In some cases, the schoolhouse edifice together with its grounds had clearly been designed to locomote responsive to changing user requirements. Too often, though, it was apparent that the needs of students, teachers, staff together with schoolhouse leaders were merely an afterthought.
The potential impact of user-centred pattern is substantial if nosotros recess to consider that yesteryear the fourth dimension students inward OECD countries hit xv years-old, they volition convey spent on average over 7,500 hours within a schoolhouse building. The same holds truthful for their teachers together with schoolhouse leaders who are regularly obliged to arrange to existing layouts inward schools, rather than existence empowered to actively cast them.
We oftentimes overlook the importance of edifice together with renovating physical learning spaces inward a agency that positively supports – rather than actively impedes – the introduction of innovative pedagogy, curricula together with technologies.
Today, nosotros are pleased to launch the OECD School User Survey: Improving learning spaces together, which gives vox to those who role schools on a daily basis. This unique OECD tool consists of iii self-assessment questionnaires designed for students, teachers together with schoolhouse leaders. They tin locomote used to collect together with triangulate evidence on the actual role of learning spaces, together with to solicit user perspectives, every bit well.
The OECD School User Survey focuses on 5 areas related to the learning spaces inward schools:
We promise that this tool volition locomote useful to schoolhouse leaders, teachers, local authorities, schoolhouse facilities managers together with national governments or together with then the globe every bit they attempt to maximise the educational impact of their investments inward edifice together with refurbishing physical learning environments. By making this survey tool freely available inward Blue Planet domain, nosotros would similar to encourage schools or together with then the globe to experiment with, larn from together with percentage their survey results alongside their peers.
Our side yesteryear side measuring volition locomote to explore options for making the OECD School User Survey available online inward multilingual versions. For ultimately, our destination is non exactly to brand amend role of express didactics resources together with existing schoolhouse buildings – it is to improve the learning outcomes together with well-being of students everywhere.
Director, Directorate for Education together with Skills
When visiting schools all over the world, I’ve witnessed many instances of students together with teachers re-arranging their physical surround – both within together with exterior schoolhouse buildings – to suit their learning objectives together with teaching practices. In some cases, the schoolhouse edifice together with its grounds had clearly been designed to locomote responsive to changing user requirements. Too often, though, it was apparent that the needs of students, teachers, staff together with schoolhouse leaders were merely an afterthought.
The potential impact of user-centred pattern is substantial if nosotros recess to consider that yesteryear the fourth dimension students inward OECD countries hit xv years-old, they volition convey spent on average over 7,500 hours within a schoolhouse building. The same holds truthful for their teachers together with schoolhouse leaders who are regularly obliged to arrange to existing layouts inward schools, rather than existence empowered to actively cast them.
We oftentimes overlook the importance of edifice together with renovating physical learning spaces inward a agency that positively supports – rather than actively impedes – the introduction of innovative pedagogy, curricula together with technologies.
Schools are to a greater extent than than exactly places of learning for children – they are workplaces, too.Schools are to a greater extent than than exactly places of learning for children – they are workplaces, too. The adults who breathe life into a schoolhouse edifice together with convey chosen to pass their careers edifice a vibrant learning community within its walls are nether increasing pressure level to come across ever-rising expectations from parents, schoolhouse districts together with lodge at large. Responding adequately volition require the teaching profession to devote to a greater extent than fourth dimension to peer-learning, mentoring together with professional person development, which is largely conducted on-site together with grounded inward their daily work. So schoolhouse buildings also ask to offering appropriate spaces for teachers to collaborate, larn together with nowadays together inward multidisciplinary teams – withal they besides oftentimes neglect to come across this expectation.
Today, nosotros are pleased to launch the OECD School User Survey: Improving learning spaces together, which gives vox to those who role schools on a daily basis. This unique OECD tool consists of iii self-assessment questionnaires designed for students, teachers together with schoolhouse leaders. They tin locomote used to collect together with triangulate evidence on the actual role of learning spaces, together with to solicit user perspectives, every bit well.
The OECD School User Survey focuses on 5 areas related to the learning spaces inward schools:
- Physical surround together with its use
- Use of technology
- Comfort together with safety
- Perceptions of learning environments
- Overall satisfaction alongside the schoolhouse facilities
We promise that this tool volition locomote useful to schoolhouse leaders, teachers, local authorities, schoolhouse facilities managers together with national governments or together with then the globe every bit they attempt to maximise the educational impact of their investments inward edifice together with refurbishing physical learning environments. By making this survey tool freely available inward Blue Planet domain, nosotros would similar to encourage schools or together with then the globe to experiment with, larn from together with percentage their survey results alongside their peers.
Our side yesteryear side measuring volition locomote to explore options for making the OECD School User Survey available online inward multilingual versions. For ultimately, our destination is non exactly to brand amend role of express didactics resources together with existing schoolhouse buildings – it is to improve the learning outcomes together with well-being of students everywhere.
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