Learning Environment Design and Use

Dear Colleagues,

Amid burgeoning international interest in the built environment of education, this SI will examine the research, policy, and practice that lies behind the global trends in architecture and pedagogy. We aim to develop an interdisciplinary understanding of the processes and products of school design at all stages, from ‘visioning’ and brief, through habitation and use, to post-occupancy evaluation. The intention is to build knowledge relating to successful design, educational affordances and outcomes, change management, and the alignment of physical resources with teaching and learning needs. We will explore the multiprofessional landscape of educational spaces as they are planned, built, and used, intending to find a shared language to discuss intentions, processes, and outcomes. Reflecting the diversity of the area, the SI editors anticipate empirical work using a wide range of methodologies, transdisciplinary reviews and novel theoretical framings. We are particularly interested in receiving co-authored papers whose authorship bridges academic disciplines, research and practice, or research and policy. The over-arching aim is to capture the diversity of research related to learning environments.

Prof. Dr. Pamela Woolner
Prof. Dr. Paula Cardellino
Guest Editors

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