Formation of the Subject Environment in Secondary Schools With the Use of Modern Additive Technologies

The article outlines the principles of reformation of the subject-spatial environment in the New Ukrainian School based on the conceptual foundations of the Ministry of Education and Science. Modern pedagogy puts forward new requirements to educational centres, such as the creation of opportunities for flexible organization of learning. This process involves the formation of a multivariate subject environment for group and individual lessons fitted out with innovative furniture and equipment, various configurations of mobile learning spaces, and in general promotes the development of children’s teamwork skills motivating them to learn. The development of new models of student furniture based on the principles of versatility and multi-functionality is considered to be the most promising component of the future change of the subject environment. The article analyses the possibilities of designing furniture and equipment through the use of additive manufacturing technologies that are becoming more accessible to a wide range of consumers, while the production of such elements with the use of 3D printing opens up wide opportunities for designers and constructors. Other advantages of manufacturing of innovative furniture with the help of 3D printing include individual approach, creative ideas, short manufacturing period, and the possibility of equal use by all participants of the educational process owing to the principles of universal design. All of these principles can be realized using a combination of both traditional production and new technologies. Such furniture and equipment perfectly complement the educational subject environment and make it more technologically advanced, environmentally friendly, expressive and original. The rational consumption of natural resources, environmental impact, and recycling principles represent the environmental component of the manufacture of furniture and equipment for the educational environment, allowing the participants of the educational process of the New Ukrainian School to form a personality that acquires environmental literacy, a culture of environmental behaviour, and realizes the importance of caring for the environment for the sake of own life and health and lives of others. Keywords: education, school, subject environment, inclusion, additive technologies, 3D printing, universal design, ecology, recycling.