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Ed and Jack think that the physical space is important for the best environment to learn. Physical space has to be safe to be conducive to learning. Then there's the concept of conceptual space- space to let students think- real spaces of time- metacognitive space...let them "gel" and "absorb" what you are teaching them.

We feel that open spaces are less confining---as teachers we don't want to "shoe horn" them into the "right" answers so let them have their space!