The Principles of Designing Participatory Educational Spaces (Emphasizing the Production of Space and Young Experts’ Opinions) *

The transition of the educational system from teacher-centered approach to the constructive approach requires more inclination of architects to create appropriate environment for the participation of students in learning. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of factors arising from the theory of space production on various dimensions of student participation in educational spaces. This research is a descriptive correlational study in terms of data collection method and the data have been collected using a survey study method and a researcher-made questionnaire for the statistical population (experts). Accordingly, the questionnaire was prepared according to the objective-content table, using a five-point Likert scale in the form of 34 closed-ended questions. The statistical population of the present study can be considered as a group of young experts aged 25-40 years with a master's degree or higher who had published articles in line with the objectives of the research in the last eight years (n=84). Identification of the effective variables was performed using SPSS software and the relationship between the variables was obtained with the help of the model extracted from Smart PLS software.