open classroom
Americannoun
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a spacious instructional area shared by several groups or classes in elementary school, permitting more individualized, less supervised project learning and movement of pupils from one activity to another.
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a method or system utilizing such spacious classrooms and informal, flexible formats for learning and discussion.
Etymology
Origin of open classroom
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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The inside of the school will offer more open classroom and meeting spaces, incorporate large windows and natural light, and have a commons for gathering and eating.
From Seattle Times • May 3, 2023
On a dreary Wednesday, in an open classroom, the young men and women had volunteered to be there.
From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2015
Similar targeted lessons were being used by other teachers and students working together, in small groups, in an open classroom the size of a cafeteria.
From Slate • Feb. 19, 2015
This idea, like the open classroom, has a kernel of truth but is not a panacea.
From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2012
On the twenty-ninth day a funeral procession passed slowly beneath the open classroom windows.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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