“…The idea of the "environment as third teacher" has existed for decades as a feature of Reggio Emilia early childhood education (Hall, 2017), but only recently has been the subject of empirical work across grade levels (e.g., Cole & Hamilton, 2020;Fallahhosseini, 2020;Hamilton, 2020;Kong et al, 2014). Work to date suggests that the physical environment can indeed be a third teacher, but not without the teacher social dynamics that support a building occupant's consciousness of the physical environment (e.g., constructivist philosophies and engaged instructors) (Barr, 2011).…”