This Kitchenette lends itself to the teaching of living skills. It supports practical activities including the preparation of food for small to medium groups. It also supports a range of other teaching strategies including the facilitation of inquiry and authentic project and problem based learning.
FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES
When integrated with the Large Meeting/Seminar Room the Kitchenette and adjacent Special Programs Room can serve a hospitality function for student, staff and communal learning and formal meetings.
LEARNING IMPLICATIONS
Given the small size of the area and its open plan, consideration will need to be given to acoustic and spatial implications depending on the type of learning activities planned in the adjacent Special Programs Room. Noise interference from the Special Programs Room can be a factor if learning processes with different acoustic requirements are operated at the same time. Investigate and construct activities will be limited to those that require small equipment and materials.
Explore ideas, share and develop opinions, debate and decide.
This learning process is effective with small to large groups provided specific criteria can be met.
Display, exchange and encounter learning artefacts.
This learning process is effective with small to very large groups provided specific criteria can be met.
Teachers and/or students demonstrate, communicate ideas and/or teach explicitly.
This learning process is effective with small to very large groups provided specific criteria can be met.
Hands on interaction, experimentation and evaluation with materials to discover, design and test.
This learning process is effective with small to very large groups provided specific criteria can be met.
Implement, build or assemble systems and media.
This learning process is effective with small to very large groups provided specific criteria can be met.
Use written, graphical and digital resources to personally reflect, consolidate and/or enquire.
This learning process is for individual or small groups and is effective provided specific criteria can be met.
Practise, refine and execute performance based activity.
This learning process is effective with small to very large groups provided specific criteria can be met.
Ratings against the Design Criteria

All criteria regarding spatial layout, fit-out, visibility and acoustics can be met.

Most criteria regarding spatial layout, fit-out, visibility and acoustics can be met. Some consideration will need to be given to determine whether constraints on ease of use, group size or materials will compromise the learning outcomes.

Few of the criteria regarding spatial layout, fit-out, visibility and acoustics can be met. A lot of consideration will need to be given to determine how the constraints on ease of use, group size or materials can be overcome.

Very few of the criteria regarding spatial layout, fit-out, visibility and acoustics can be met. This space should only be used for this learning mode as a last resort.

This space is incapable of supporting this learning mode.

This learning process is not employed with this size group.