Creating an effective learning environment, post COVID-19

Written by: Janet Goodall
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Janet Goodall, Associate Professor, Swansea University, UK  When I was asked to write the editorial for this issue of the Chartered College of Teaching’s journal, I was flattered and very happy to do so, having been an advocate and supporter of the Chartered College since its earliest days. And the topic, of creating effective learning environment for all the young (and not so young) people within our educational systems, may never have been more relevant than it is today.    In examining the idea, or indeed, the imperative, of creating effective learning environments, we are immediately confronted not with solutions, but with a series of questions – the answers to which will, if not lead to a solution, at least set the parameters within which the solution(s) may be found. The questions which occur to me all centre around definitions. The first is what we mean by ‘learning environment’, and this is closely followed by what it means for such a thing, once we have de

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