Furniture Needed

Equipping A Classroom For Effective Team Learning

Team learning is an active, dynamic process for both students and teachers. Not surprisingly, such a drastically different process demands different equipment to succeed. It requires furniture that plays an active role in the process.

No longer parking places for students

The students don't just sit there, so the furniture can't, either. Each piece acts like part of a learning machine. This makes the superior functionality of Smith System furniture an important issue.

Examples? The most obvious distinguishing features of team learning furniture is the shape of the desktops. The distinctive trapezoid shape of team learning desks allows students arrange them in circles and other groups more effectively than rectangular desks and in much less space. Eight Huddle-8 desks form a circle that's just seven feet in diameter.

Desktops are Just for Starters

Consider student chairs: In a team learning classroom, the mobility of the furniture is an important factor because throughout the day, the students will move it from place to place.
Accordingly, the chairs need to be lighter, and the glides, more durable. The desks need to be stable and allow egress, while offering a kind of portability even for the smaller students.
Even the teacher's desk is affected. In a dynamic team learning classroom, casters are a must.

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