Take a look at your classroom. How much do you engage with the space? How much do you think about how you utilise your room?
The theatre director Peter Brook said: “I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage.” I would argue that teachers can take any empty space and call it a bare classroom.
The problem is how often do teachers consider the space they work within?
All too often classrooms are seen as static places in which to undertake teaching and learning. “What’s wrong with that?” some people may ask and in response I would have to say “nothing”.
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