A Simplex Vision Of Space To Promote An Inclusive Education
Author(s):
Michele Domenico Todino (presenting / submitting) Stefano Di Tore
Conference:
ECER 2017
Format:
Paper

Session Information

06 SES 07, Media Environments: Challenging schools and teacher

Paper Session

Time:
2017-08-23
17:15-18:45
Room:
K6.15
Chair:
Sandra Aßmann

Contribution

In the last decade, in Italy, in the context of the educational research, an interesting debate has been opened about the use of space in didactics, in agreement with the European directives. Space factor, although repeatedly discussed, in the field of educational research, was re-examined because it contributes to the creation of inclusive educational environments and setting in accordance with students educational needs. Nowadays, the design of the class should take account of paradigms of design for all and inclusive design for learning to promote a context-oriented teaching model. Act of teaching in a context-oriented model is focused not only about the interaction between teacher and their Students, but also on the environment when happens the teaching-learning process. Organization of the class environments and the learning context is important for an educational approach, which reduces the current transmission approach and increases each potential knowledge through didactic transposition contextualized in an appropriate environment. A Necessity of new studies on space theme in teaching it was appropriate, not only for this paradigm shift (context-oriented model approach) but also for a large number of new technologies and new types of furniture, on the market, that can be used in a classroom. In parallel, the evolution of studies in bio-education and neuro-didactic related to the teaching-learning process, open new interpretive scenarios in this process and during the act of teaching; both in phase of realization of a school environment and during the activities carried out daily in the classroom. In particular, the restructuring of the spaces can be studied based on scientific literature and due to application of a simplex education model.

Method

These studies conducted at the University of Salerno propose a simplex vision of space, in agreement with the studies of physiology Alain Berthoz, and in detail they have highlighted that class spaces design, must take into account various points of view such as: the teacher's point of view (egocentric), students point of view (heterocentric) and, finally, one external, which produces an organizational and spatial vision (allocentric). This overlap of viewpoints, generate an overlap of space perception levels and it contributes to create inclusive educational environments and setting in according with design for all and inclusive design for learning paradigms. This methodology promotes an inclusive education, which takes into account educational needs of each students, class’s needs and teachers’ needs. Generally, to organize a public space, such as the classroom, it is necessary to know that humans handles space through rules, almost known and studied and property and the principles of a simplex teaching approach can give an interpretive key. A simplex teaching approach allows to identify and to face this complexity through its rules and promotes an act of teaching that taking into account the special needs and the well-being of students and teachers. At the same time, it does not ignore rational elements of space design, necessary in the daily school activities, such as the optimization of the walking surfaces, distribution of volumes in the classrooms, distances between people and costs relating to furniture and technologies. A series of studies, related to context-oriented model in teaching, simplex teaching approach and flexible classroom model (already adopted in the United States of America) have enabled the University of Salerno to design and set-up a didactic laboratory. In this laboratory will be tested these solutions and it will be carried out a series of assessments in this regard. Data will be used to create a further exploratory study and to collect a series of descriptions what happens in this environment set up by the spatial rules of simplex teaching approach.

Expected Outcomes

In conclusion, the purpose of this work is to provide a series of considerations useful to the national and international school system, for the management of space in the teaching-learning process, that provides a vision that takes account of: 1) simplex teaching approach vision, 2) properties and principles of simplex teaching approach applied to space, 3) egocentric, allocentric, heterocentric classroom vision. These considerations wish to contribute to enhance an inclusive education point of view, taking into account the educational needs of each student, the class (understood as a group of students), through multiple spatial points of view that promote the wellbeing and the learning style of each student and each teaching style who teaches.

References

P. Aiello, D. C. Di Gennaro, C. Palumbo, I. Zollo, M. Sibilio, “Inclusion and Universal Design for Learning in Italian School”, International Journal of Digital Literacy and Digital Competence (IJDLDC), 5(2), 59-68, 2014. A. Berthoz, “La semplessità,” Torino: Codice, 2011. A. Berthoz, “La vicarianza. Il nostro cervello creatore di mondi,” Torino: Codice, 2015. A. Berthoz, “La scienza della decisione,” Torino: Codice, 2004. T. Booth, M. Ainscow, K. Black-Hawkins, M. Vaughan, L. Shaw, “Index for inclusion. Developing learning and participation in schools,” Bristol: CSIE, 2002. Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca [MIUR], “Indicazioni nazionali per il curricolo della scuola dell’infanzia e del primo ciclo d’istruzione,”, 2012. P. C. Rivoltella, “Neurodidattica. Insegnare al cervello che apprende,” Milano: Raffaello Cortina, 2012. P. G., Rossi, P. C. Rivoltella, “L’agire didattico. Manuale per l’insegnante,” Brescia: La scuola, 2012. M. Sibilio, “La didattica semplessa,” Napoli: Liguori, 2014.

Author Information

Michele Domenico Todino (presenting / submitting)
University of Salerno
Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche, Sociali e della Comunicazione/DISPSC
Fisciano
University of Salerno, Italy

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