Effects of Learning Environments on Student Outcomes

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, there have been many attempts in school and curriculum reforms everywhere, and it has been increasingly recognized that success depends on how well educators and policymakers understand the interactions between student learning, social and emotional factors, and learning environments.  Studies on the effects of the learning environment on student outcomes have flourished in the last three decades and been established as one of the key areas of educational research. Researchers have investigated the relationships between students’ and teachers’ perceptions of their learning environments, attitudes toward specific subjects, and cognitive outcomes in diverse, multicultural settings. Other studies have explored the key attributes of enhancing students’ learning experience in 21st-century learning environments.

This Special Issue will offer an up-to-date account of the effects of the learning environment on student outcomes. The articles in this issue will examine the scientific understanding of the learning environment and present thought-provoking ideas, innovative approaches, systemic explorations, exemplary and promising efforts, and future-oriented scenarios in exploring the effect of learning environments on student outcomes at all levels of schooling—from primary to tertiary education including out-of-school and online environments. The articles in this issue will inform the theoretical framework and best practices from intervention studies, learning-based experiments, and qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches.

Suggested Themes:

• Learning environments in the 21st century
• Smart and intelligent learning
• Future-oriented educational milieu

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Out-of-school learning environments
• Technology-rich learning environments
• Online and blended learning environments
• Smart learning environments
• Social and emotional learning
• Psychosocial aspects of learning
• Innovative learning spaces
• The universal design of learning
• 21st-century learning skills
• Outcome-based education
• Intelligent classrooms

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Myint Swe Khine
Guest Editor

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