Schools Transition to Innovative Spaces
Schools Transition to Innovative Spaces
Both the design of learning spaces and the teaching practices used within them have a profound effect on how students learn. This Melbourne MicroCert is ideal for currently practising educators and school leaders in the K-12 sector who want to understand how teachers and students transition into innovative learning environments….
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Both the design of learning spaces and the teaching practices used within them have a profound effect on how students learn. This Melbourne MicroCert is ideal for currently practising educators and school leaders in the K-12 sector who want to understand how teachers and students transition into 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. Consider the physical aspects of learning environments: Gain a deeper understanding of the physical and design aspects of learning environments, including spatial typologies of design, pedagogy, acoustics, digital technology and furniture. Examine successful transitions to new environments: Investigate the elements within a school ecosystem that can support teachers to successfully transition into innovative learning environments. Analyse characteristics of successful transitions and the role of leadership and change management in this process. Develop a transition strategy to lead colleagues: Gain the capability to lead colleagues to adopt effective teaching practices within innovative learning environments. Develop the strategy to lead your school’s transition and evaluate the impact it has on the broader school ecosystem.
Skills and learning outcomes: By the end of this course, you’ll have a deeper understanding of how your school can implement and use innovative learning environments. You’ll be able to: Critically examine the successful characteristics of the transition into innovative learning environments; Generate appropriate knowledge of strategies and tools to help teachers and schools transition into innovative learning environments.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Established in 1853, the University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings, consistently being placed as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and is one of the world’s top 50 (as per Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015). There are over 80 different undergraduate study areas and over 270 graduate courses at Melbourne for students to choose from. The University has extensive global networks and has seven campus locations across Melbourne and rural Victoria.
