[Year 12 IPM] (no subject)

[John McIntyre]

Hi Ros
I can only talk about my experience in an open learning environment in TAFE.  Several years ago I taught in IT at the flexible learning centre at Cranbourne.  The system was great for people that had been in the workforce and could structure their time.  These people could work through their project and assignments without being distracted by noise or activities around them.  But young people straight from school were continually disrupted by the activities around them.  We started giving structured classes in the open environment but it was too noisey and students minds would be divided between your class and activities nearby.  We then divided their time between structured classes in closed rooms and project time in the open learning.  I don't know how they are structuring it now, but a trip to look at the centre and talk to staff there would be benificial to you.

Regards

John McIntyre
Good Shepherd College
Hamilton
it at gsc.vic.edu.au
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Meadows, Roslyn M 
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  Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 2:36 PM
  Subject: [Year 12 IPM] (no subject)


  Our IT rooms, Science block and several GPC's are to be demolished next year. These areas are to be attached to our exisitng library, and the whole space reorganised. (It will all be much smaller than the areas we have now - even though our enrolments have increased) 

  Our principal is proposing to have an open plan area, where classrooms will be delineated only by a change of floor covering, or by furniture. I am just interested if anyone else has seen this open space learning system, how would it work with 175 kids and 7 staff in one large area? (4 Science classes and 3 classes in the IT spaces).  I have not been given any information about what the advantages of this system might be, but numerous disadvantages spring to mind.

  I have attached a pic of one of the Options - all 4 options we have been given are based on this open learning space system, they just change in the way the spaces are arranged. The light dashed lines do not indicate walls, but perhaps just different coloured carpet to "delineate" the areas. The bolder dashed lines indicate glass walls. The IT "spaces" are about 7m X 9m.

  Any  positive or negative feedback about how this system would work, or how it has worked in other schools would be much appreciated. 

  Ros Meadows
  Bentleigh SC
  9579 1044
  meadows.roslyn.m at edumail.vic.gov.au

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