Being in nature returns us to the environments where as humans we feel most at ease, and it reconnects us to our innate sense of creativity. What if classrooms could feel more like natural environments, helping to make us happier, more connected, and kinder learners and educators? What if going back to our roots, connecting with nature and biophilic elements, could redefine what learning spaces could be?
Kate Rancourt discusses the idea of an ecosystem of ‘regions’ within a classroom designed to inspire diversity and mimic what we encounter in the natural environment. Starting from a place where learners are seen as humans first, we can understand the needs of the individual at a biological and psychological level and tap into our powerful relationships to nature.
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