Designing Responsive Educational Spaces – In-Person Workshop

During this lecture we will examine both concrete and abstract aspects of generic interior-spatial design of educational spaces for young children and the effects of design on pedagogical practices. We will look closely at the elements of the educational spaces, discuss the effects of spatial design on individual experiences and group dynamics, and ways of designing educational circumstances that facilitate relational ways of being.

• What does relational pedagogy mean and how does it look like in practice?
• Develop ways of working with educational spaces that is responsive to the culture and intentions of our programs.
• Understand ways in which elements of design play a role in daily child care experiences and affect the well-being of people.
• Look at the elements of the interior spaces such as light, texture, colour.
• Discuss the effects of physical flow on individual experiences and group dynamics.
• Discuss the importance of positive and negative spaces and how they can enhance the flow, and ways of designing circumstances that facilitate relational ways of being.