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Methods For Understanding The Relationships Between Learning and Space

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The increasing impact of computer technology and other media on educational processes has stimulated a wave of recent research initiatives. These are directed at evaluating the benefits or otherwise of technological interventions in post-compulsory educational settings. This material, much of which is readily available online, provides a starting-point for an exploration of methods for understanding relationships between learning and space. However, whilst studies of the impact of new technologies on learning are adding to our knowledge of contemporary learning experiences, this paper will argue that - in order to understand how designed settings affect teaching and learning - research studies need to make space and its occupation central.

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    Anne Boddington

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    Jos Boys

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Melhuish, C. (2011). Methods For Understanding The Relationships Between Learning and Space. In: Boddington, A., Boys, J. (eds) Re-Shaping Learning: A Critical Reader. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-609-0_2

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