EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES FOR UTILIZATION OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENT BY COLLABORATION WITH TEACHERS AND RESEARCHERS IN AN OPEN-PLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE EVALUATION

Case Study in MIHAMA UTASE Elementary School (PART2)

Abstract

This report is further study about the collaboration with teachers and researchers at Mihama Utase Elementary School.
In the second year of this collaboration, we put in practice some lectures to school staffs and teachers, some trial classes for utilizing spaces, and accounting to objective outsider this collaboration activities and its achievements. Through this collaboration and practices, we recognized that collaboration with teachers and researchers of open-plan schools was significant activities because school buildings and educational methods are promoting individuality.