The Emerging Importance of the Affective in Learning Environment Evaluations

Abstract

This Afterword posits an emerging but critical discourse in learning environments evaluation, suggesting a realm of exploration the editors believe will gain significant traction in coming years. Discussed through the work of Sarah Healy, it takes us into the realm of human environment relations, an area of research that is within the respective realms of the EDRA (the Environmental Design Research Association) and also as evident in the Journal of Environmental Psychology. These both explore the evidence base behind the inhabitation of environments and the affect it has on occupants.