eprintid: 10088529
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creators_name: Boys, J
creators_name: Hazlett, D
title: The spaces of relational learning and their impact on student engagement
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
divisions: K78
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
abstract: In this paper, we are interested in developing a rich understanding of what matters about space, particularly for enhancing student engagement and belonging. We will suggest that this first requires an exploration into the relational aspects of learning in order to begin to model the often complicated and diffuse inter-relationships between its cognitive, experiential and emotional dimensions; and second to explore in more depth how these impact on, and are impacted by, material space. We will do this by first outlining what we mean by relational learning, and by student engagement and belonging. We will then propose a relational understanding of material space, aiming to locate learning environments within the larger ‘space’ of learners’ perceptions and experiences more generally. This will be further explored through analyzing a case study that suggests some helpful pointers. Finally, we will offer an outline conceptual model that aims to locate some of the differing qualities of material space across the various dimensions of relational learning. Whilst this model is proposed not as a solution but as a means of encouraging debate, we argue that developing learning spaces that support engagement and belonging as well as effective learning are an important issue for the higher education sector. This is because evidence shows that students’ sense of belonging has a direct impact on their retention and success (Thomas, 2012).
date: 2014-01-01
date_type: published
publisher: Libri Publishing
official_url: https://www.libripublishing.co.uk/Products/ProdID=116
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1732900
isbn_13: 9781909818385
lyricists_name: Boys, Jocelyn
lyricists_id: JBOYS44
actors_name: Boys, Jocelyn
actors_id: JBOYS44
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
place_of_pub: Farringdon, UK
isbn: 1909818380
book_title: Learning Space Design in Higher Education
edition: 1st
editors_name: Nygaard, C
editors_name: Scott-Webber, L
editors_name: Bartholomew, P
editors_name: Branch, J
citation:        Boys, J;    Hazlett, D;      (2014)    The spaces of relational learning and their impact on student engagement.                    In: Nygaard, C and Scott-Webber, L and Bartholomew, P and Branch, J, (eds.) Learning Space Design in Higher Education.    Libri Publishing: Farringdon, UK.       Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10088529/1/JosBoys%20-DianeHazlett-RelationalLearning.pdf