Co-designing learning spaces with learners: Lessons from a Welsh primary school classroom

McQueen, R ORCID: 0000-0001-7227-1385, Pullen, M, Chapman, S, Hann, S, Beauchamp, G ORCID: 0000-0001-7268-5027, Crick, T ORCID: 0000-0001-5196-9389, Davies, O, Hughes, C, Lewis, C and Owen, KL ORCID: 0000-0002-8198-1175 (2024) Co-designing learning spaces with learners: Lessons from a Welsh primary school classroom. Cylchgrawn Addysg Cymru / Wales Journal of Education. ISSN 2059-3708

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Abstract

This research presents a case study of one class’s reflections on how they redesigned their classroom to suit the diverse needs of the teacher and learners, and how learners continue to adapt their learning space to better suit their individual needs. The findings of this paper illuminate how learners value agency and choice in their classrooms, something which can be achieved by offering them various work surfaces and spaces to complete learning activities. Learners suggested that flexible learning environments enabled them to choose where and how to complete their work, but also enabled them to position themselves in social environments that suit their learning needs. This work provides further context and insight into the implementation of the new Curriculum for Wales from September 2022 onwards, as well as the wider education system-level reforms currently taking place in Wales.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	3901 Curriculum and Pedagogy; 3903 Education Systems; 3904 Specialist Studies In Education; 39 Education; 4 Quality Education; 39 Education
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1501 Primary Education
Divisions:	Education
Publisher:	University of Wales Press/Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru
Date of acceptance:	15 December 2023
Date of first compliant Open Access:	21 May 2026
Date Deposited:	21 May 2026 10:52
Last Modified:	21 May 2026 10:52
DOI or ID number:	10.16922/wje.p4
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/28600

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