Author Identifier (ORCID)
Julia Morris: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4481-8050
Abstract
Phase One of this project, conducted during the 2019 academic year, used an A-B-A withdrawal design to rotate (terms 2, 3 and 4) the furniture in five primary school classrooms1 from ‘innovative’ to ‘traditional’ furniture arrangements2. Three-weekly repeated measures were taken across the year of (1) student perceptions of their cognitive and behavioural engagement, (2) teacher actions in these classrooms, and (3) photographs by students of their preferred furniture, with annotations explaining this preference. Once-a-term measures included (4) teachers completing a Teacher Mind Frames survey, and (5) teachers participating in a structured interview with the researchers...
Non-Traditional Research Output
Report for External Body
Document Type
Report
Date of Publication
2020
Publisher
Vasse Primary School and Beparta
School
School of Education
RAS ID
46926
Additional Information
Project information available at: Spatial Learning @ Vasse: What impact does ‘innovative’ furniture have on student engagement and teacher practices?
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Comments
Morris, J. E. & Imms, W. (2020). Plans to pedagogy activity report 2019: What impact does ‘innovative’ furniture have on student engagement and teacher practices? Vasse Primary School and Beparta.