Characteristics and Design Elements of Open Educational Space based on Social Trust, Social Learning and Interaction from Professionals’ Point of View

The present study aimed at providing a number of guidelines for the design of children’s open learning spaces based on the promotion of social trust and social interactions. It was an exploratory research conducted based on both qualitative and quantitative methods. At the primary part of the research, which is the focus of this article, a qualitative method was applied, using three rounds of Delphi. Consequently, professionals were interviewed in an unstructured way in the field of landscape architecture and social psychology. Then, with the techniques of open and axial coding, a table of content was created to manage questionnaires. Network sampling method (snowball) was used in the sample size of 10 professionals. The data were analyzed using Q factor analysis and four factors were recognized. The most affecting elements on the social trust in process of learning in open primary school spaces are consisted of; social, design, physical spaces and environmental psychology dimensions