{"id":51523,"date":"2015-08-27T15:29:33","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T19:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=51523"},"modified":"2015-08-27T15:32:04","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T19:32:04","slug":"the-future-of-learning-spaces-is-open-ended-vattel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2015\/08\/27\/the-future-of-learning-spaces-is-open-ended-vattel\/","title":{"rendered":"The future of learning spaces is open ended [Vattel]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eschoolnews.com\/2015\/08\/27\/learning-spaces-open-392\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The future of learning spaces is open ended<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from eschoolnews.com by Lucien Vattel<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> (emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The spaces we inhabit have a profound effect on how we inhabit them. Space induces a particular way of feeling, of being. What are we saying to our children with we line them up in 5\u00d78 rows facing the same direction toward a voice of authority? What do we say about desks that lock us in place, where the majority of movement within our gaze is eyes forward, eyes down? I remember my surprise when I walked into first grade for the very first time. The change from kindergarten to first grade was extreme. I looked at the arrangement of desks and thought, \u201c<em>what game is this<\/em>?\u201d It was a game I would play for the rest of my developing years. I was disappointed. I knew it could be better than this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We look inside current learning spaces and look at the world; there is a big disconnect. It\u2019s not reflective. We as a society have agreed by doctrine that our children will come together in a building and learn, and yet we allow our kids to be behind desks for a majority of their developing years. We evolve behind desks. Think of that! Students don\u2019t need places to sit, listen and write. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Instead, they need places to connect, explore, discover and relate.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>They need places of support. We spend over a decade being conditioned to receive and compete, imagine if space invoked us to support each other, everyday and in every way.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">We need environments that help realize that within us there are unbounded treasures. We need environments that shine a light on our potential and provide opportunities to express ourselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Schools at their heart should be human potentiality incubators.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The future of learning spaces is open ended &#8212; from eschoolnews.com by Lucien Vattel Excerpt (emphasis DSC): The spaces we inhabit have a profound effect on how we inhabit them. Space induces a particular way of feeling, of being. 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