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Research-Influenced Learning Spaces

A Principal's Reflections

In studying various pieces of literature on the effect of design, Barrett and Zhang began with the understanding that a “bright, warm, quiet, safe, clean, comfortable, and healthy environment is an important component of successful teaching and learning” (p. Additionally, the study indicated that whole-school factors (e.g.,

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Coronavirus Triple Duty: Working, Parenting And Teaching From Home

MindShift

Having things like a schedule is very important,” says Hertirch, an account manager for office furnishings company Steelcase. “We could look at this as an opportunity to do a little independent study,” Rich says.

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What factors help active learning classrooms succeed?

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

I’ve been studying ALCs for a while now — it was the subject of my sabbatical at Steelcase in 2017-2018 and this paper on the subject that resulted. What is this study about? Part of my work as Scholar-in-Residence was to help select recipients of Steelcase’s now-defunct Active Learning Center Grant program.

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What I Learned On My ‘Secret Sabbatical’ As a Scholar-in-Residence at a Private Company

Edsurge

Last fall I started my first day on the job as an embedded faculty member with a corporation—as a scholar-in-residence at Steelcase Education. Actually intern is probably the best lens through which to look at what I’ve been doing at Steelcase for the last eight months. One such practice I saw at Steelcase was remote work.