Both the design of learning spaces and the teaching practices used within them have a profound effect on how students learn.

 

This micro-credential is ideal for currently practising educators in the K-12 sector who want to extend their teaching practice and be ready to teach in innovative learning environments.

 

It's also valuable for other practitioners (including architects, educational consultants and administrators) who are seeking the skills to lead change in schools.

 

This course provides evidence of achievement against Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) standards.

 

Examine how learning environments have evolved

Understand how learning environments have evolved over time and across global systems. Consider how governments, school leaders and practitioners define learning environments in their different contexts.

 

Explore teaching opportunities and challenges

Define the opportunities and challenges of teaching within innovative learning environments. Examine both the physical and experiential elements of the learning environments in your own school.

 

Expand your repertoire of teaching strategies and tools

Identify how innovative learning environments can extend your teaching and pedagogical practices. Prepare an action plan to implement a relevant spatial strategy or tool within your own teaching.

 

Attain the skills to lead others in innovative environments

Gain practical strategies and tools to support effective teaching practices in innovative learning environments, as well as the capabilities to impart your knowledge to colleagues.