The classroom of the future 

How does space influence learning? 

Research is demonstrating that learning and collaboration results dramatically improve with innovative classroom furniture and design.

Classrooms are teacher focused, solely supporting the process of teaching, and generally overlook the needs of the student and the importance of learning. The result is passive learning, with one directional communication. Students listen, watch and learn in a space and environment which is rarely comfortable, highly constrictive and which ironically in today’s modern era offers ever-decreasing support to the teachers. As the nature of education changes and the influence of technology on our younger generations increases, so the balance of power in the classroom changes also. Classroom design still favors the teacher, when education at large targets the students.

The Knowledge Paper will explain how education is changing and how classroom design can be adapted to meet the needs of the teacher and the aspirations of the student.