Active 8th Graders
A renovation of a district’s schools, Hall Middle, helped propel the administration and faculty to embrace active learning.
Activating the Classroom
It’s just one of nearly 300 classrooms on the five campuses of HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, but it’s had an outsized impact at the institution.
Teacher Motivates with Active Learning
The Steelcase Active Learning Classroom is going to start an entire movement of new makers and creators in our community,” says Boyce Middle School STEAM teacher Matt Henderson. The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area school received one of the 2016 Active Learning Center Grants from Steelcase Education. Watch to see how the classroom is helping to motivate students.
Healthcare Students Engage in New Classrooms
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences renovated their facility so that learning could happen anywhere, and as a result, students are collaborating and engaging in ways they haven’t seen before. Two PCHS faculty members share how they’ve observed students engaging in the new space.
Active Learning Centers Impact Education
After reimagining the classroom, 12 educational institutions find that their Active Learning Centers result in enhanced collaboration and supported instructor-led changes in pedagogy among other positive outcomes.
A Student’s Story on Active Learning
How the Grand Valley State University library helped me collaborate, create, and learn in a variety of ways.
The Effects of a Stimulating Learning Environment
A dynamic and constantly changing reality requires adaptation and change in educational approaches: the student is no longer to be seen as a passive receptacle for knowledge, but as an active participant in the construction of knowledge.
Underutilized Library Space Becomes Campus Hot Spot
The University of Saint Mary in Leavenworth, Kansas wanted to breathe life back into its underutilized library. In partnership with Steelcase Education, campus leaders helped reimagine the existing space and create a vibrant, active and energizing in-between space where people can connect like never before.
Classroom Redesign Improves Reading
A modern, flexible approach to learning doubled homework completion rates and reading targets.
St. Andrew’s Anglican College Learning Hub
Supporting a collaborative approach to learning and social growth.
Higher Ed Harnesses the Power of Physical Space
Best practices for designing to improve performance and wellbeing at work can also be applied to education.
Girls Garage: Stereotype Busting Design
Steelcase Education and One Workplace helped create a successful and inspiring maker space for young girls.