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Rolly chairs and media ecology: Applying communication theory to the activity permissible classroom
- Source: Explorations in Media Ecology, Volume 21, Issue 2-3, Oct 2022, p. 281 - 288
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- 01 Jun 2022
- 10 Jun 2022
- 01 Oct 2022
Abstract
This article addresses classroom furnishings from a media ecological perspective. I tell the story of how ‘buoy’ and ‘node’ chairs in an ‘activity permissible’ classroom ‘cooled-down’, complicated, and undermined the educational environment. In particular, I explain how the ‘message’ of these furnishings – the extensions afforded by their design – clashed with both pedagogical needs and the subject-matter of the course. I conclude that ‘activity permissible’ furnishings are not necessarily ‘better’ furnishings, and that the media ecology of furnishings is an essential consideration in the designing and assigning of classrooms.
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