4.6 Pedagogic Significance of the Findings
In addition to the desirable characteristics of the traditional classroom, such as a supportive climate and
respectful consideration of each student, the novel learning environment also included varied information
technology and communications media that were continually being updated. These were used to attain
educational goals and to improve teaching-learning-evaluation processes and their management. Technology
provides significant advantages for pedagogy: e.g., the ability to investigate domains of knowledge that are not
easily accessible, the enrichment of information resources, the mediation between concrete and abstract thinking
through simulations and various games, improving the means and tools for the processing of information and the
presentation of learning and knowledge. Technology can offer a greater variety of educational processes and
experimentation by students and teachers. This shapes learning processes and promotes and assists teaching
according to a knowledge construction approach. Research literature that deals with innovation in education sees
the school learning environment as a very influential factor in the shaping innovation and its successful
assimilation in the school.
A school, like any other organization, has reciprocal relations with its environment. It is influenced by its
environment and influences it (Bar Haim, 2002). The environment may have an influence on both the content
with which the school deals, and on the processes that take place within it. We therefore suggest that a solution
for the adaptation of the education system to the needs of the 21st century should be based on the following
insights:
(1) There is a need to redesign the existing learning environment in teacher training and in elementary and
secondary schools.
(2) An innovative learning environment has a significant influence on learner motivation, and it overcomes
traditional-cultural conventions and paradigms.
(3) An innovative environment, reinforced with pedagogy supporting technology, can influence learner creativity
by increasing engagement in learning processes and improving motivation and achievements.