Flexible learning spaces can be especially helpful in ensuring this link between classroom environments and instructors’ pedagogical goals. Research shows that the physical environment can have a significant impact on teaching and learning. It’s important to remember that people, both students and instructors, share a need for spaces that are coherent, legible, and consistent, and that spaces experienced as such can support a number of positive outcomes. Flexible learning spaces is a student focused approach to teaching a unit of work. The learning space is divided into smaller task focused spaces that relate directly to the learning behaviours student should display when working in each area. Flexible learning spaces are thus important resources to consider–and engage–as teaching and learning shifts to new spaces in schools. 

PROJECT ACTIVITY

What do we have in common?

Using flexible learning space and ICT technology students were introduced to the activity. 

At the beginning of the activity, students should select two areas in which they think that Spain, Portugal and Croatia have something in common through the activity Storm of ideas. They write the proposals on two pieces of paper that are placed on the board. From all the suggestions, the students together choose the ones that are most interesting to them. Depending on the number of selected topics, the same number of groups is formed.

According to their wishes and interests, students are divided into groups so that each group has an equal number of members. Students work on the topic independently using all available materials. The goal of the activity is for the students to independently design and produce something to present the topic they were given to other students.

The final product can be a poster, a presentation if it is for a shorter period, but it can also be a video work, a theater performance, etc. if it is a longer duration activity.

The essence of the activity is the independent work of students, encouraging creativity, freedom of expression, collaborative work and learning.