Members of the EU Working Group Schools: Learning for Sustainability held a meeting on sustainable infrastructure and learning environments in schools on 14-16 June 2023. The meeting, which took place in Madrid, was hosted by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Vocational Training. Numerous presentations on creating sustainable learning environments reflected a diverse set of experiences from across Spain and Europe. These presentations and a site visit to an early years education provider served to inform the dialogue at this meeting. Societal developments, climate change and 21st century learning needs require us to rethink how school spaces and places are developed and used. The school community must adapt and respond to these changing needs by re-thinking and re-purposing existing buildings, spaces and infrastructure so that they are more suitable and relevant to the educational expectations of today.
Authors
Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission
Related Organizations
- Catalogue number
- NC-01-24-013-EN-N NC-01-24-013-EN-C
- Citation
- European Commission: Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, Sustainable infrastructure and learning environments in schools – Key messages , Publications Office of the European Union, 2024, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2766/4812226
- DOI
- https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2766/4273122 https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2766/4812226
- ISBN
- 978-92-68-21408-4
- Pages
- 12
- Published in
- Belgium
- Themes
- Education policy
Table of Contents
- European Education Area Strategic Framework 1
- Sustainable infrastructure and learning environments in 1
- Key Messages 3
- Table of Contents 5
- Introduction 6
- Changing needs 6
- Breaking down walls and dark spaces 6
- Cooperation between schools and designers 6
- Creating a pedagogy of hope 7
- Inspirational learning spaces 7
- Risk versus freedom 7
- Data and technologies 7
- Funding and upfront investment 8
- Mainstreaming efforts 8
- Schools can be resilient and self-sufficient 8
- Multi-disciplinary support 8
- Open communities 9
- Global issues and policy priorities 9
- Democratising the school experience 9
- Joint-up efforts 9
- Professional teacher education and development 10
- Anchoring sustainable learning environments in the curriculum 10
- Policy support 10
