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6 new grants to consider in the new year

eSchool News

Steelcase Education is seeking innovative middle and high school educators and educational institutions looking to implement and expand active learning initiatives to apply for its fifth annual Active Learning Center Grant. Check out the following six grants, which cover literacy, learning spaces, drug awareness, and more.

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7 discoveries from an active learning classroom

eSchool News

Four years ago, I became an inaugural recipient of a Steelcase Education Active Learning Center Grant. Through active learning, the teacher gradually releases control to the students, encouraging them to become independent learners.

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Power Up Your Spaces

A Principal's Reflections

Check out Steelcase for an array of ideas and solutions specific to education. Purchase furniture and accessories that have built-in electrical outlets. This strategy seems like a no-brainer when schools are looking to refurbish libraries and comfortable furniture for common areas.

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Get Involved In Classroom Design: A Grant to Upgrade Your Classroom

ProfHacker

Here’s an opportunity: if you teach grades 8–12 or at an institution of higher education, Steelcase – a company that sells products and services for corporate offices, classrooms, and healthcare settings – is offering some substantial grants for you to redesign your classroom into an “active learning center.”

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New grant will provide active learning spaces to schools

eSchool News

Steelcase Education grant leverages classroom space to implement new teaching practices. Steelcase Education on Dec. Up to 15 grant recipients will have the opportunity to install one of four learning environments featuring Steelcase Education’s state-of-the-art furniture and technology.

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How Furniture and Flexible Seating Is Turning Classroom Design Into a Fad

Edsurge

Designers are connecting with places like the University of Melbourne , Steelcase, and Meteor Education who are doing the action research on current best practices. Designers are researchers and learners. There is emerging research from Europe and Australia around space design.

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Research-Influenced Learning Spaces

A Principal's Reflections

Steelcase Education. Visual environment, attention allocation, and learning in young children: When too much of a good thing may be bad. Psychological Science, 25(7), 1362–1370. Scott-Webber, L., Strickland, A., & & Kapitula, L. How classroom design affects student engagement.

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