Bluteau Jonathan, Aubenas Solène, Dufour France
Département d'Éducation et Formation Spécialisées, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Front Psychol. 2022 May 27;13:821227. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.821227. eCollection 2022.
While traditional seating (also known as or ) remains the preferred classroom seating arrangement for teachers, a new type of seating arrangement is becoming more common in schools: the flexible classroom (also known as ). The purpose of this type of arrangement is to meet the needs of students by providing a wide variety of furniture and workspaces, to put students at the center of learning, and to allow them to make choices based on their preferences and the objectives of the task at hand. This study aimed to examine the influence of flexible seating on the wellbeing and mental health of elementary school students. This article presents the results of exploratory research conducted in Quebec among Grade 5 and 6 students comparing the wellbeing and mental health of students in fixed and flexible classrooms. The study was conducted with 107 students in three Grade 5 and 6 flexible classrooms ( = 51) and three Grade 5 and 6 fixed classrooms ( = 56). It is based on a quasi-experimental, quantitative design with post-test only and a control group. The groups were matched based on natural conditions (i.e., from a convenience sample). Furthermore, the study included a gender-differentiated analysis for each group. The results showed that flexible classroom seating had a positive influence on the girls' wellbeing and mental health. In contrast, for the boys, fixed classroom seating was most conducive to their wellbeing and mental health. However, our study has some limitations that are discussed in the article.
虽然传统座位安排（也称为 或 ）仍然是教师首选的课堂座位布置方式，但一种新型的座位安排在学校中越来越普遍：灵活教室（也称为 ）。这种安排的目的是通过提供各种各样的家具和工作空间来满足学生的需求，将学生置于学习的中心，并允许他们根据自己的喜好和手头任务的目标做出选择。本研究旨在探讨灵活座位对小学生幸福感和心理健康的影响。本文呈现了在魁北克对五年级和六年级学生进行的探索性研究结果，比较了固定教室和灵活教室中学生的幸福感和心理健康状况。该研究在三个五年级和六年级的灵活教室（ = 51）和三个五年级和六年级的固定教室（ = 56）中对107名学生进行。它基于一种仅进行后测且有对照组的准实验性定量设计。这些组是根据自然条件（即从便利样本中）进行匹配的。此外，该研究对每个组进行了性别差异分析。结果表明，灵活的课堂座位对女孩的幸福感和心理健康有积极影响。相比之下，对于男孩来说，固定的课堂座位最有利于他们的幸福感和心理健康。然而，我们的研究存在一些局限性，本文对此进行了讨论。
