‘This place could help you learn’: student participation in creating better school environments

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Changed learning through changed space: When can a participatory approach to the learning environment challenge preconceptions and alter practice? (2012, background): “…this understanding of how change may not occur, however, there is clearly the potential for understanding and changing the physical environment of a school or classroom to act as a catalyst in processes of improving education (Flutter, 2006; Maxwell, 2000; Parnell, Cave, & Torrington, 2008).”
Research into the connection between built learning spaces and student outcomes (2011, background): “• changing learning spaces based on the above principles is likely to have subsequent effects in influencing teacher pedagogies and student learning (Oblinger, 2006; Sanoff, 1995; DEECD, 2009; Flutter, 2006).”
Pedagogic voice: student voice in teaching and engagement pedagogies (2016, background): “…little/none through to complete equality with staff as evidenced in schools that are self-styled democratic schools that prioritise the development of shared understandings about individual freedom couched within the context of communal responsibilities (Flutter 2006; Mills and McGregor 2014).”
Is School Participation Good for Children? Associations with Health and Wellbeing. (2012, background): “Improved academic achievement can be achieved through the provision of healthy and democratic schools (Flutter, 2006), ultimately leading to a more effective education (Lansdown, 2001, p.”