Field Study
2
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Preparing the Learning
Environment: An
Overview
To have meaningful and successful accomplishments in this FS episode,
be sure to read through the whole episode before participating and assisting in
your FS 2 Resource Teacher’s class. Note all the information you will need and
tasks you will need to do before working on this episode.
Target Your Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this Leaming Episode, I must be able to revisit the
concept of the learning environment in the context of the current teaching
and learning situation.
Clarify Your Task
Overview of the Learning Environment.
A learning environment, traditionally called the classroom, is a space in a school that
supports student learning. It is a self-contained area where a teacher teaches and children
learn. In the classroom are chairs or tables for students and a front table for the teacher. This a
traditional. face-to-face classroom. Most often the students should face the teacher as the
chairs are arranged that way. But as teaching deliveries changed to enhance learning,
modification in the seating arrangement evolved and more opportunity for the learners to move
about for cooperative learning was addressed.
A conducive learning environment should have the following characteristics:
● Flexibility - There is an opportunity to have small groups, movable walls.
Openness-Learning corners/areas which could be shared.
● Access to resources -Audio-visual materials are ready and open for use
● Physical classroom - Space is clean and safe. Psychological atmosphere - It is
friendly and accommodating.
The classroom climate nurtures the intellectual, physical, social, and emotional
development of the students.
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Here are some specific strategies for developing the optimal classroom climate. You may
consider these.
1. The learning environment addresses both the physical and psychological needs of the
students for security and order, love and belonging, personal power and competence,
freedom, and fun.
2. Create a sense of order. For example, teachers should teach students how to
● enter the classroom and become immediately engaged in the activity, • distribute
and collect materials; • find out about missed assignments due to absence and
how to make up for them;
● get the teacher's attention without disrupting the class and
● arrange desks, tables quickly quietly for various purposes.
3. Greet learners as they enter your face-to-face or online classroom.
4. In a healthy and conducive learning environment, everybody belongs and knows each
other.
5. Encourage class building activities like games and team activities,
6. In a conducive learning environment, success whether small or big is recognized and
celebrated
Both approaches, either the traditional face-to-face or online, lead to positive in different
ways, so usually in practice both approaches are combined
Revisit the Infographic/s
Face-to-face Learning Environment
Time is set.
Self-contained classroom
Discussion, activities occur
inside the room. Passive
listening
Teacher prepares
instructional activities and
chooses content.
Facilitates F2F learning.
Leads and guides learners.
Learners & teacher engage
in personal communication
On-line Learning Environment
Time
Place
Teacher’s Role
Student’s Role
Content
Evaluation Process
Anytime, any place,
anywhere
Synchronous or
asynchronous classes
Teacher moderates and
facilitates learning
Creates different learning
environment
Creates the multitude
educational content
Learning environment can be traditional (F2F), virtual (online), or a combination (Hybrid).
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Participate and Assist
What will you do to assist your mentor in setting up a conducive learning environment in
the following conditions:
1. Bulletin Board Display ______________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
2. Small-Group Discussion ____________________________________________
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3. Checking class attendance in a virtual classroom (i.e. google meet or zoom)
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
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Notice
Learning Environment 1:
● What have you noticed of the display on the class bulletin board? What
message or theme does it convey? _________________________________
_______________________________
● What makes it attractive to the learners? ____________________________
● Does it help in the learning process? _____________ How? _____________
_____________________________________________________________
Learning Environment 2:
● If the teacher is using a distance delivery of learning through the modules,
where is most likely the learning space of the students? __________________
● Can you describe? _______________________________________________
● How can you as a teacher help to make such an environment conducive for
learning? ______________________________________________________
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Analyze
The examples above, describe two contrasting situations. The first shows that
the learners are in the same room or space while in the second, the leamers may be in
different learning spaces like homes, study hubs, or in extreme cases parks or under
the trees.
As a teacher, in which of the two situations would you prefer to manage for
learning? Choose between Learning Environment I or Learning Environment 2.
Explain your choice: Why? ___________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
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Reflect
Based on my noticing and analysis, I realized that
a. ______________________________________________________________________
b. ______________________________________________________________________
c. ______________________________________________________________________
Write Action Research Prompts
OBSERVE
What probable problem may result from the two situations of the learning
environment?
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
REFLECT
What solutions can I think of to solve the problem?
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
PLAN
How should I do it? ________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
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Work on my Artifacts
In not less than 300 words, write an essay on the topic: “My Conducive Learning
Environment”
“My Conducive Learning Environment
By: __________________________
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