Chavey, Michelle Ann Meyer2021-11-102021-11-102021https://hdl.handle.net/2097/41738This qualitative research was designed as a participatory evaluative case study to explore the co-creation of new learning environments as a component of organizational change. It examines educators’ perceptions from a Midwestern suburban school district working with an architectural firm to design a new middle school. Research questions focused on: 1) The evaluation of a belief-based visioning effort during the co-creation of a new learning environment and 2) school district administrator views of how organizational change is impacted and implemented through co-creation and beyond. For the methodological approach, a case study was utilized and bounded by the early phases of an architectural design process – programming and schematic design – and involved the views of district-level administrators, building-level administrators, certified teachers, and architectural designers. Data for this study was collected through interviews, focus group discussions, documentation, and observation of the design process during co-creation meetings between the designers and the educators. Taking an iterative approach to data analysis, I moved through a series of cycles to consider angles from both the researcher and practitioner perspectives. A multistep coding process was used to understand common themes related to each research question with the connecting threads of co-creation woven through each and its implication on successful change. Findings showed the belief-based visioning tool had merit and was valuable to the educators who crafted the vision, as well as the designers who used the final learning-belief statements in the co-creation process. With additional time for reflection, collaboration, and discussion, the tool could be improved. Time continued to be a major element of this study, as the research revealed that the typical timeframe of the co-creation process to design new learning environments directly conflicts with what we know from literature about navigating organizational change in healthy ways. This revelation about time, co-creation and change has implications for designers and educators interested in implementing a co-creation process to provide physical environments for learning and a building culture that supports healthy change processes.en-US© the author. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/DesignCo-creationChangeEducationEducational leadershipLearning environmentsDissertation