The figure illustrates the four learning environments, categorised according to the degree of structure and activity in family life. The figure shows the typical educational background of the parents ...

Everyone has a different style of learning. Some people do well with reading the written word. Others learn better through audio. For some, sitting in a quiet library or home office space is key. For ...

Many new teachers step into classrooms that still reflect traditional, teacher-centered models. These classrooms often place ...

What we think of as traditional classrooms are fading into the past. Rigid classroom designs with rows of forward-facing seats with an instructor at the head of the class are increasingly vestiges of ...

Have you ever given a lecture to a group of adult learners? If so, you may have noticed their eyes losing focus and phones appearing as you moved through your session. This is because the traditional ...

When students take a course, they experience more than just an interaction with course content. The learning environment includes the intellectual, social, emotional and physical environments of a ...

Adult learning in the United States continues to evolve as colleges, universities, and professional programs adapt to the ...

Many of us first experienced immersive learning environments when we walked into our first school classroom. This was the domain of the teacher who had an intuitive understanding of the value of an ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

School leaders, architects, and interior designers face a challenge when it comes to educational settings: how can they create a facility that improves the lives of all students, whether they are ...