But classroom design is plagued by numerous issues: lack of awareness of the problem, ignorance of possible solutions, inadequate feedback from students, and budget constraints. Many school administrators and planners are unfamiliar with the unique learning needs and interior design principles for learning environments (Bartel, 2007). All learning environments must be designed to maximize student engagement and face similar limitations.
Educational leadership must be made more aware of how impactful all the factors of classroom design can be on academic performance. Most importantly classroom design must be driven by the function of learning rather than the form of architecture. Further, in addition to fixing our current classrooms; educators should also aim to make future classrooms optimal for learning, and improved for the future.
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