How can school spaces support teaching and learning?

Here are 7 ways; 7 categories of learning environment:

immersion

School spaces that transport you to distant realms and alternate universes.

Imagine these archetypes as possible metaphors or models:
arenas, auditoriums, black boxes, food festivals, graffiti walls,
kiosks, sandboxes, tents, the deep, and wintergardens.

inquiry

School spaces that encourage and support curiosity.

Imagine these archetypes as possible metaphors or models:
help desks, labs, stacks, rabbit holes, and wonder walls.

inspiration

School spaces that introduce students to different perspectives and unique opportunities.

Imagine these archetypes as possible metaphors or models:
attics, bazaars, big maps, bulletin boards, habitats,
junkyards, markets, museums, shrines, and video tsunamis.

instruction

As they have for hundreds of years, spaces like classrooms that support efficient info transmission.

Imagine these archetypes as possible metaphors or models:
breakouts, classrooms, situation rooms, speakers corners, and stages.

interaction

School spaces that arrange teachers and students, and so shape how they interact.

Imagine these archetypes as possible metaphors or models:
crucibles, fireplaces, hives, nests, and stoops

introspection

By offering solitude and room to think, spaces that encourage and support contemplation.

Imagine these archetypes as possible metaphors or models:
away, brain dump, cave, labyrinth, and workstation.

invention

School can’t just be about inhaling information; there must be spaces to tinker and create.

Imagine these archetypes as possible metaphors or models:
incubators, makerspaces, media booths, white boxes, and workshops.

itinerant

Now you see them, later you don’t: school spaces that are temporary or mobile.

Imagine: book carts, busses, curiosity cabinets, CoWs, and pop-ups.

intersection

Spaces that are more than one thing, thus more useful, meaningful or economical.

Imagine these archetypes as possible metaphors or models, many already familiar:
bar restaurants, cafetoriums, gym auditoriums, library cafes and multipurpose rooms.

context

All of the space that surrounds a school can be rich in teaching and learning as well.

Imagine these archetypes as possible metaphors or models:
community, garden, field, park, and wilderness.