Y3 Learning Community: The New Face of Education 三年级学习社区：教育的新面孔

While schools across the country continue to utilize enclosed classrooms and solo-teaching classroom models, a very different kind of learning space has taken shape at the Yew Chung International School of Beijing (YCIS Beijing). Created by award-winning education space design architects from Fielding Nair International (FNI), our new learning spaces are designed to facilitate interactive learning, inculcate a wide variety of "soft skills" in students, and support the unique YCIS Beijing model of co-teaching. They promise to match facility with school philosophy more perfectly than ever before.

当全国各地的学校继续使用封闭的教室和一位教师教学模式的时候，北京耀中国际学校开始启用一个与众不同的学习空间。它由菲尔丁奈尔国际（FNI）屡获殊荣的教育空间设计师设计，致力推动互动式的学习，培养学生多种软技能，配合及支持北京耀中国际学校独特的双教师合作教学模式，使教育设施与学校的教育理念得到更完美的融合。

We interviewed James Seaman, FNI Principal & Michigan Studio Director and Master Planner for Yew Chung International Schools throughout China, during his most recent visit. He shared with us the key elements of the new learning communities and the impact they will have on learning. 

James Seaman是FNI的负责人、密歇根工作室总监，也是耀中国际学校中国区校园策划师。在他最近一次的来访中，我们采访了他。他和我们分享了新学习社区的设计理念及其对学习的影响。

What are the key elements/changes (to a traditional environment) that help create a successful environment for learning? 

要创造成功的学习环境，有哪些关键的因素？

Flexibility and variety are the two key elements we try to emphasize. If you take a look at a traditional model, it's really just a carbon copy of the same kinds of spaces over and over: the same size of space lined along a corridor. With that kind of structure, you don’t really have a lot of variety; learners don't have the opportunity to really engage in a lot of activities. With 21st century learning, different modes of learning are available: you have collaboration, traditional direct instruction, project based learning, and a whole lot of different activities that can take place. The biggest difference with the overall space is you have a variety of spaces: small rooms, medium rooms, big rooms, open spaces, and lots of flexibility and ease of movement for teachers and students between them. You may start out with a learning activity in a classroom, then have students break out into a common area where they can work in small groups, individually, or a variety of other different modes within that space. 

灵活性和可变化性是最关键的两点。传统的教室无非就是同等大小的教室沿着走廊排列，其实就是一次又一次的简单复制而已。在这样的结构之下，教室没有可变性。学生们没有机会真正地参与到更多的活动中。21世纪的学习要求学生参与更多的学习活动，对学习空间的要求更多：要有小房间、中等房间、大房间、开放的空间，允许有更多的灵活度，使得老师和学生来去自如。你可能在一个教室开始了一个学习活动，然后要求学生在公共区域分小组学习，或者是要求个人学习，或者是其他形式的学习。

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