E264

What Radically Student Centered™ Means to Lydia Burns - LearningSCAPES 2025

From Better Learning Podcast · Hosted by Kevin Stoller

2025-12-03·8m

Episode summary

In this episode of Better Learning Podcast: In this episode, Jeff interviews Lydia Burns, an architect and designer from Bassetti Architects in Portland, Oregon. Lydia shares her insights on creating student-centered school environments, emphasizing the importance of engaging students directly in the design process. She discusses creative strategies for gathering student input, such as surveys, hands-on workshops, and design thinking curricula.

Listen elsewhere

Original publisher description

In this episode, Jeff interviews Lydia Burns, an architect and designer from Bassetti Architects in Portland, Oregon. Lydia shares her insights on creating student-centered school environments, emphasizing the importance of engaging students directly in the design process. She discusses creative strategies for gathering student input, such as surveys, hands-on workshops, and design thinking curricula. Lydia highlights a standout project where students in a CTE (Career and Technical Education)…