Between Pedagogical Approach and Teacher Ability - Learning Environment Design

I very much appreciate the work of the Clayton Christensen Institute on blended learning.  Christensen's book, "Disrupting Class" is one of the books that sparked my interest in educational and learning technologies.

This past week's resources in VOLT were very helpful in figuring out the phenomenon of blended learning, especially the models that the Institute have put in place (Station, Rotation, and Flex).

What's most important is that these models give teachers some kind of guidance of what it looks like to integrate this emerging pedagogy into their own practice.  It is important that more straightforward models such as these are designed and distributed.  This always goes back to my view that learning environment design is one of the most - if not the most - important educational tools in this age of technology.  

Station, Rotation and Flex are blended learning models that dictate the design of the learning environment.  The videos this week give us a few samples of how these models could look in practice; but showing all of the possibilities would take forever! In professional development opportunities in K12 and higher education, how often do we stay at that point - the point where we have a pedagogical approach, and need to meticulously consider the structure and organization of our space to translate that approach into student engagement and learning? From what I've been a part of and what I've seen and heard,  normally that part is skipped and the focus is on the pedagogical approach and then the teacher's ability to leverage the approach. 

Pedagogical Approach -----------> (      ) --------------> Teacher Ability

That gap in between is where we need to spend more time! It should look more like:

Pedagogical Approach -----------> Learning Environment Design to integrate approach -----------> Teacher Ability

The biggest thing for K12 education in the next few years is teacher education in higher education programs. Will we spend the necessary time with them dissecting what it means to configure a classroom a certain way, so that using models such as Station, Rotation, Flex, or anything else with any pedagogical method will be leveraged in the most efficient and effective matter?