The Classic Schoolhouse

Although the world has changed much in the past 100 years, school –surprisingly – has changed very little. Schools as we know them today were designed in the industrial age. Sitting students in rows in cramped classrooms; teaching a few narrow subjects in silos called “periods”; and measuring success only through standardized testing, was a system designed for an age in which the majority of students were expected only to master “factory-age” skills. As we learn more about how people learn best, and about how computers and multimedia are affecting learning, we find a fundamental need to rethink the classic  schoolhouse and to challenge our assumptions about thinking and learning. It is apparent that there is an important and direct link between how we learn and the spaces in which we learn. In short, learning spaces matter.

The Transformation project will not only alleviate the pressures that threaten our ability to sustain educational excellence, ‘Transformation HSC’ is the catalyst that will enable us to redefine excellence in education for the 21st century.

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