The 'new' school: a place that promotes collaborative learning, creative development and critical thinking
Abstract
social, cultural and emotional experiences. In the "new" school, we are not simply concerned about accommodating the number of students in classes, but mostly about shaping the space so that it offers multi-sensory knowledge which sharpens their thinking and broadens their horizons. Since learning and teaching theories are constantly changing and evolving, it goes without saying that school premises need not remain the same either. “We shape our buildings and then they shape us”, so we should
make sure that school spaces are reshaped with a view to fostering communication, cooperation and fruitful exchange among all.
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- THEMATIC FIELD Ι Transformations of schools’ spaces and educational change
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