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Moveable walls, beanbag drop zones and free-range layouts. Today’s classrooms would be barely recognisable to teachers from yesteryear, more used to rows of desks facing the front and ‘chalking and talking’.

But although contemporary classrooms appear to promise more engaging and inspiring learning opportunities for students, little is known about what constitutes the ideal classroom. This is despite millions of public dollars being spent on renovations and new builds since the 1970s.