PLACES & SPACES CHALLENGE

Inspiring the Next Generation Of Active Citizens & Place Makers

Places & Spaces designed by school students across one school term by students for their communities

Educators share the goal of building the capacity and capability of Kindy to Year 12 students to improve the places & spaces in which they live and learn. The shared objective of NEXT CHALLENGES is to help school neighbourhoods and town centres become places where people feel safe and welcome and choose to walk, wheel, ride, play, and participate positively in the community.

We help schools unleash the potential of technology in learning to skill up students and teachers to be masters of, not slaves to, technology. The human-centred design process ensures Places & Spaces Challenges are real and human.

The Next Learning team works with groups of hyper-motivated students to reimagine Places & Spaces in their local community. These real-world learning experiences are supported by the shared endeavours of school leaders, teachers, local Councils & community groups.

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Challenge Example 1

Students designing ‘Bike Bus’ routes

Challenge Example 2

Students designing local places

Challenge Example 3

Students designing learning spaces

Example Challenge 1: Students designing ‘bike bus’ routes

Stage 0: INITIATE

School, Local Council, P&C, University, Community Organisation engages Next Learning to co-design a Places & Spaces Challenge to help design a safe “bike-bus” route.

Stage 1: ENGAGE

Students are guided around the place and space. Students, listen, observe, learn and empathise with audience you are trying to help.

Stage 2: DISCOVER

Discover customer; student groups identify a unique challenge and point of view that is based on a local community member/s challenge, needs & insights.

Stage 3: INVESTIGATE

Brainstorm & research creative solutions to your unique challenge using AI, Minecraft, Augmented Reality to develop their group solution prototypes.

Stage 4: ACT

Students act out, build a representation of one or more of your solutions to show to others.

Stage 5: DELIVER

Students walk the route of the place & space with stakeholders pitching solutions on location. Each group presents unique solutions to stakeholders ideas for feedback.

Co-designed real-world learning experience for the next generation

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Unleash the potential of deeper learning in your school with
Next Places & Spaces Challenges

Teachers appreciate having a straightforward process and opportunity to co-design learning

Students bring surprisingly perceptive insights on ways to make places & spaces better

Artefacts of critical thinking & investigation are collected by each student group

Students learn new roles and collaboration skills to contribute to their team

Students are active curators and producers of media to connect and communicate

Students can share their ideas to address the challenge with stakeholders directly

Students receive Challenge Packs to scaffold their problem solving with clear milestones

Students receive speaker coaching to build their communication skills

Solutions to various challenges are presented from a youth perspective to the community

Students love having a real-world audience to present their solutions to.

Curriculum aligned process designed for schools

The Next Learning Places & Spaces program is aligned with the Western Australian Curriculum, offering learning opportunities in several learning areas:

HASS (Humanities and Social Sciences)
Health and Physical Education
Digital Technologies
Science

Send us a message today or call 1300 457 122 to discuss how your school can benefit from Next Learning Places & Spaces.

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