Well-designed classrooms can improve students’ learning progress by around 16% in a single year. Ownership and flexibility account for a quarter of this learning impact, so let’s take a look at these important factors in terms of classroom design.
When children feel ownership of their classroom they feel more responsibility, and this has many positive implications for both the children’s learning abilities and the formation of their identities. Classrooms can also support individualisation by offering a variety of opportunities for different modes of learning, meaning flexibility of layout is also key.