Transformative pedagogy at the University of Ngaoundere: the development of classrooms in bus to collaborative, island, U-shaped or flexible bus?

The classroom, a codified space which highlights the relationship between spatial arrangements and pedagogical practices, is a geographical object which is not studied enough. Educational policy impacts these mobilized spatial devices, including postures, indoor movements, the circulation of knowledge and the development of skills. Indeed, this article aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the classroom arranged in rows of bus seats which allows the polarization of learners' attention towards the blackboard and the teacher's desk. The authority and dynamic of frontal speaking are thus established. But, with active pedagogy which puts the learner at the center of their learning and transformative pedagogy which aims for the laudable transformation of the learner's daily life, it is clear that the way of teaching, evaluating and learning, has evolved. Consequently, arranging the classroom necessarily takes into account these educational changes, the central question of which is: which table-bench arrangement to choose in a classroom based on the teaching method? Should we continue with the traditional row arrangement, appreciated by a large number of teachers and which facilitates classroom management? Or should the table-benches be arranged in the shape of a U or double U and which allows learners to see each other, to debate while looking at each other, to challenge each other, thus making the teacher, the Guide, the mediator? of their debate? Or should tables and benches be arranged in islands to allow learners to work in groups on reflective exchanges and thus encourage the establishment of educational differentiation? To achieve this, an analysis of the speeches of twenty-eight learners from various backgrounds and levels, forty teachers, thirteen academic leaders from faculty establishments and schools of the University of Ngaoundéré, a reading of UNESCO Reports, a documentary analysis on the theme and a quote for the local manufacturing of ergonomic white tables were carried out. We will consider transformational learning theory to understand the evolution of classrooms.