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A collective of educators and students engages in immersive art- and design-driven practice to reimagine higher-education and primary-school teaching and learning at, and beyond, the University of Teacher Education. 

Rooted in curiosity, care and attentiveness to diverse histories and voices, the collective offers open-ended impulses that anyone can adapt, question or extend across a growing constellation of educational hubs.

© 2025 Emerging Space Collective (CC BY‑NC 4.0)

Method: Learning Arches

Overview: 

A planning and visualization tool for designing holistic, experience-based learning sessions in three phases: Set, Hold, Land.

1. Pre-Session Analysis (5 min):
  • Identify your learners: backgrounds, needs, goals.
  • Define learning targets: knowledge, skills, and mindsets.
  • Note logistical constraints: space, technology, materials.

2. Partner & Brainstorm (5 min):
  • Pair up. Individually write ideas for a 45-minute session-the topic, activities, and outcomes-on sticky notes.

3. Idea Exchange (5 min):
  • In pairs, share your notes. Highlight the most compelling ideas and agree on one concept to develop, drawing from your methods & materials toolkit for inspiration.

4. Drafting Your Arches (10 min:
  • On a shared sketch, draw a large arch across a time-axis (x-axis) and action-axis (y-axis).
  • Set: Plan a check-in that orients learners and clarifies expectations.
  • Hold: Map interactive, co-creative exercises and dialogues that pursue your core objective.
  • Land: Design a reflective check-out to consolidate insights and close the experience.
  • Break the main arch into mini-arches for sub-activities if needed.

5. Plenary Reflection (5 min):
  • Each pair briefly describes their arches. Reflect: What insights emerged? Which challenges did you face in balancing flow and depth?

Cultural & Contextual Sensitivity:
Learning Arches thrive when they honour diverse learner identities, access needs, and power dynamics. Invite multiple modes of participation, use locally resonant materials, and co-design check-in/out rituals that respect cultural traditions and neurodiverse processing styles.

Inspired by Simon Kavanagh