The Space Design and Use survey: Establishing a reliable measure of educators’ perceptions of the use of learning environments

Abstract

Significant investment in innovative learning environments (ILEs) around the world has created the need for a suite of reliable measures regarding their educational impact. Focusing specifically on principals’ perceptions of pedagogy and learning in a variety of spatial design types, this paper will argue the Space Design and Use survey contains teacher mind frames and student deep learning subscales that constitute a robust analysis of the teaching and learning activities currently being sought by global education priorities. While many studies have investigated variants of teacher mind frames and student learning approaches, few have done so in the context of innovative learning environmen..