The Third Teacher

...designing the learning environment for math and literacy

• developed by Loris Malaguzzi
• the foci:  parents, students, and environment
• how do we alter the environment to support our students?
• student centred
• role of teacher as guide/facilitator
• students can explore new surrounds
• let the sunshine in
• eg. a furniture should be able to do a variety of things
• community space has multiple functions
• open spaces that flow into one another
• about innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity
• technology is taken into cosideration for collaboration
• Bruce Mau -everyone can be a designer, community connections, realm of the senses, rewired learning, minds at work

Classroom Use:  students can collaborate more easily; the environment is flexible; learning environment is tailored to the students' needs;