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9.3.2 Principles to Guide Design

The following principles constitute a high-level strategic guide for the design of
new schools, the redevelopment of schools, and the repurposing of buildings and
learning spaces to maximize student performance.
• Sustainable—the space should be designed to be sustainable

– Enable a space to be easily reallocated and reconfigured.
– Consider cost-effective items, utilities, delivery, and support.
– Think ahead of future development of technologies, pedagogies, and uses.

• Personalized—the space should be personalized for students and teachers

– Consider alternative and creative colors, sounds, pictures, and videos.
– Involve students and teachers in making choices to promote personalization.
– Use things that allow individual control and manipulation by students and
teachers.

• Accessible—the space should be open and easily available for use by all

– Use technologies that are easily moved to fit changing needs.
– Use interactive work surfaces linked to mobile devices and notebooks.
– Provide affordable access to online digital resources, services, and storage.

• Collaborative—the space should support collaboration when appropriate

– Provide a space to support cooperative learning and group work when those
pedagogies are involved.
– Support relevant local, national, and global networks, partnerships, and
learning communities.

• Engaging—the space should support learning engagement with content,
other learners and teachers

– Community, professional, and expert engagement.
– To energize and inspire learners and tutors.
– Faster, deeper learning.