Innovative Learning Environments: Concepts and Theories for Educational Spaces (Linking Theory and Practice in Learning Environments)

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Innovative Learning Environments offers a comprehensive conceptual and theoretical toolkit to support thorough investigations of transformative, innovative, and non-traditional learning spaces in schools. In these spaces, innovative design and pedagogy are at the nexus of new school constructions and the redevelopment of existing schools.

Addressing a gap in existing research, contributions from leading scholars in Learning Environments research present clear entries elucidating concepts and theories that are relevant to the study of Innovative Learning Environments. Readers will find these entries valuable for practical application as they illustrate how these concepts and theories enhance practice within non-traditional schooling spaces.

This concise yet comprehensive volume is invaluable for both newcomers and experienced practitioners, scholars, or designers in the field of Innovative Learning Environments. By focusing on pedagogy and design, Innovative Learning Environments elucidates the origins and purposes of the spatial turn and its impact on learning.

Leon Benade is a Professor in the School of Education of Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Perth, WA, Australia. Leon established a strong national reputation in New Zealand in Learning Environments research and as a result, developed several Australasian and international networks in this area of work.

Chris Bradbeer is a learning environments researcher and educational consultant based in New Zealand. He is currently a Research Fellow with the Faculty of Education at The University of Melbourne, Australia, working on several New Zealand, Australian and international research projects.