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Book SynopsisThis volume is a commemorative book celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Special Interest Group (SIG) on Learning Environments of the American Educational Researchers’ Association. It includes a historical perspective starting with the formation of the SIG in 1984 and the first program space at the AERA annual meeting in 1985 in Chicago. This retrospective notes other landmarks in the development of the SIG such as the creation of the international journal Learning Environments Research. The study of learning environments was first conceptualized around the need to develop perceptual and psychosocial measures for describing students’ individual or shared educational experiences (e.g. ‘feel of the class’ or ‘classroom climate’). Over the ensuing decades, the field expanded considerably from its early roots in science education to describe other phenomenon such as teacher-student interpersonal relationships, or applications in pre-service teacher education and action research. The book also describes several new areas of promise for the expanding field of learning environments research that in the future will include more diverse contexts and applications. These will include new contexts but established research programs in areas such as information and communications technology and environmental education, but also in emerging research contexts such as the physical classroom environment and links among learning environment contexts and students’ emotional health and well-being. Contributors are: Perry den Brok, Rosie Dhaliwhal, Barry J. Fraser, Catherine Martin-Dunlop, David Henderson, Melissa Loh, Tim Mainhardt, George Sirrakos, Alisa Stanton, Theo Wubbels, and David B. Zandvliet.
Trade Review"Over the past 30 years, researchers have learned not only what psychosocial factors infuence the learning environment and afect student outcomes but also have forged methodological advances in identifying the complex relationships between students’ perceptions of their classroom climate, student outcomes, and innovative teaching. Clearly, Thirty Years of Learning Environment is informative, insightful, and relevant for those who wish to keep up with the latest research on learning environments. This edited volume is an essential and valuable resource for policymakers, researchers, teacher educators, and graduate students in science and mathematics education, educational psychology, sociology of education, educational research, and leadership education." - Myint Swe Khine in Learning Environments Research, vol. 24. (4 September 2021)
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables 1 Milestones in the Evolution of the Learning Environments Field over the Past Three Decades Barry J. Fraser 2 My Journey in the Learning Environments Research Community: Research on Teacher–Student Interactions and Relationships Theo Wubbels 3 Developments in Quantitative Methods and Analyses for Studying Learning Environments Perry den Brok, Tim Mainhard and Theo Wubbels 4 Looking Back and Looking Forward David B. Zandvliet 5 Evaluating the Impact of a Purposefully-Designed Active Learning Space on Student Outcomes and Behaviours in an Undergraduate Architecture Course C. Martin-Dunlop, C. Hohmann, A. Alabanza Akers, J. Determan, L. Lewter and I. Williams 6 Development and Validation of the Questionnaire Assessing Connections to Science (QuACS) Georgeos Sirrakos, Jr. and Barry J. Fraser 7 Using Classroom Environment Perceptions to Guide Teacher Professional Learning: A Mixed-Methods Case Study David Henderson and Melissa Loh 8 Impacts of Learning Environments on Student Well-Being in Higher Education Alisa Stanton, David B. Zandvliet and Rosie Dhaliwal Index
