Noise in schools: a holistic approach to the issue

P Woolner, E Hall - International journal of environmental research and …, 2010 - mdpi.com
Much of the research evidence relating to the physical learning environment of schools is
inconclusive, contradictory or incomplete. Nevertheless, within this confusing area, research …

A systematic literature review of participatory design studies involving teachers

A Tuhkala - European Journal of Education, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Participatory design is a well‐known approach that involves stakeholders in designing
technologies and other innovations. In education, participatory design is especially …

Changed learning through changed space: When can a participatory approach to the learning environment challenge preconceptions and alter practice?

P Woolner, S McCarter, K Wall… - Improving schools, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
School premises make a difference to learning, but it is important to understand the
relationship between setting and educational activities. Physical space has been found to …

Schools for the twenty-first century: School design and educational transformation

R Leiringer, P Cardellino - British Educational Research Journal, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The Building Schools for the Future programme has been established to ensure that English
secondary schools are designed or redesigned to allow for educational transformation. The …

Co-designing sustainable practices for emerging technologies education

MM Schaper, RC Smith, M Van Mechelen… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
The paper addresses the current lack of emerging technology education in both research
and practice and the urgent need for preparing future generations for a digital future. Based …

The design of learning spaces

P Woolner - 2010 - torrossa.com
After many years of minimal investment in school premises, we are in the midst of a wave of
planning, building and using new schools. This includes all English secondary schools …

Including students with disabilities in innovative learning environments: a model for inclusive practices

A Page, J Anderson, J Charteris - International Journal of Inclusive …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The educational provision for students with disabilities has been debated for as long as the
term inclusive education (IE) has been part of the educational discourse. Despite IE …

Pictures are necessary but not sufficient: Using a range of visual methods to engage users about school design

P Woolner, J Clark, E Hall, L Tiplady, U Thomas… - Learning Environments …, 2010 - Springer
It has been argued by both educationalists and social researchers that visual methods are
particularly appropriate for the investigation of people's experiences of the school …

Analysing children's drawings: applied imagination

D Bland - International Journal of Research & Method in …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This article centres on a research project in which freehand drawings provided a richly
creative and colourful data source of children's imagined, ideal learning environments …

In-depth interviewing as a research method in healthcare practice and education: value, limitations and considerations

P Coleman - International Journal of Caring Sciences, 2019 - oro.open.ac.uk
This paper explores the value and limitations of in-depth qualitative interviews as a research
method within healthcare practice and education. It challenges the common view that …