Re-evolution in the classroom: space as a third educator
At this time, people, their learning, their abilities and their talent, as well as their values and their well-being, represent the center of the transformation of education. References such as diversity, in all its variants, sustainability, technology, health, nature are present in the new educational proposals. In this sense, the spaces that are part of the learning processes, in all their dimensions, are also changing to be more inclusive and adapt to new needs.
In the new model, education becomes hybrid, combining the best of online training with the most valuable face-to-face training. Building a more personalized and dynamic educational model that also takes into account other skills to get students more motivated and committed to their own learning and, therefore, with better academic results, aligned with emerging skills in the labor market such as those indicated in the latest report presented by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2020, 'The Future of Jobs Report 2020'.
The environments, the classrooms evolve to meet all the needs of its users with the aim that they can make the most of their talent and creativity without losing sight of their well-being. Each space has its reason for being and at the same time they are all interconnected to make people's lives easier. The classroom transcends its closed concept to encompass the entire Campus. Any space such as gardens, corridors, library, cafeterias, become places to connect, share and acquire knowledge.
Monofunctional and rigid spaces are giving way to multifunctional, horizontal and integrated environments that require agile and smart equipment. The organization of the classroom is no longer an aesthetic issue, nor is it merely practical. It will depend, therefore, on the didactic methodology used: Thinking spaces, Making spaces, Share spaces (thinking, doing, sharing), but also on the relational and social hierarchy that is pursued, the way in which the furniture should be distributed in the classroom.
Giving continuity to the Cool Working philosophy, Actiu delves into the specialization and needs of these new trends and needs in education, the result of fieldwork carried out with the collaboration of experts and end users of educational spaces. To create spaces that enhance these paradigms and contribute to learning, experts agree on the need for new environments to bring together, among their main characteristics, aspects such as the flexibility of furniture, technology and connectivity, exchange of knowledge, or autonomy among its users, in other aspects.
All this materializes in his Guide 'The Journey of Education', where, together with a panel of experts, students and success stories, he proposes a new dialogue with the environment based on the design of safe spaces that guarantee learning.
