THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Establish a conducive environment that responds to the learner’s

needs and aspirations.
2. Classify the goal of classroom management.
3. Explain the importance of school policies and procedures for
classroom behavior.
4. Apply strategies learned for developing great classroom setting.
5. Categorize the roles of the classroom facilitators and learners.
6. Expose learners on the meaningful teaching and learning process.
7. Activate learner’s engagement using the Revised Bloom’s
Taxonomy of Learning.
8. Craft sample activities signifying the three domains of learning.
9. Distinguish the characteristics of an ideal 21st century classroom.

OVERVIEW

Education nowadays addresses to a more learner-centered framework,

wherein the classroom learners’ interests and needs are utilized to develop
meaningful lessons and challenging activities. This lesson dwells on how
a learner-centered framework is applied to the classroom set-up. Learner-
centered environments support independent work as well as collaboration
among learners. These experiences provide students opportunities to connect
prior learning with current experience. This enable the pre-service teachers
to decide the different instructional materials created and developed by
the teachers inside the classroom. This also provides pre-service teachers
with enriching experiences in selecting, developing and utilizing equipment
to facilitate learner-centered classroom. The use of machinery in the
classroom which can improve teaching and learning play a vital role this field
study course.

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LEARNER-CENTERED ENVIRONMENT

EXPERIENCE
At the heart of the educational system, the school, check the facilities
and indicate whether these facilities are accessible and still of service. Put
an appropriate mark of the matrix below to indicate the availability and
condition of the facilities. Write a short description of the facilities listed.
Accessible Workable
School Amenities Description
Yes No Yes No

1. Classroom

2. Office of the Administrator

3. Reference library

4. Speech Laboratory

5. Science Laboratory

6. Audio Visual Room

7. Home Economics Room

8. Industrial Arts Room

9. Medical Clinic

10. Leisure Center

11. Canteen

12. Comfort Rooms

13. Student Organization Office

14. Faculty Room

15. Others (please specify)

 EXCHANGE

1. Discuss the impact of having a positive and negative school environment

on the learners’ performance as evidenced by research findings.
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2. Do you think that the school observed is conducive to learning?

Why or Why not? Support your answer.
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EXPOUND
There are many school policies and procedures that advocate for the
classroom success. Significant learning does not happen without significant
relationships between the teachers and the learners, students with one
another, teachers and colleagues, teachers with the school administrator. The
greatest key is the teachers’ role with their thoughtful ways in starting the
school year and focusing on the learners’ needs and the learning community.
 Four ways of prioritizing the learners and relationships to create learner-
centered classrooms
1. Getting to know the learners. A learner-centered approach focuses
on the uniqueness of the individual and the relevant experiences
where they are empowered to work at their own rates and interests.
Therefore, there is no substitute for a facilitator of learning who
knows the learners and design lessons with authenticity,
participatory and relatively learning experiences for the individuals
serve.
2. Designing the physical environment. It is important to note that the
learners felt great when it is welcoming environment to learn. A need
to co-construct the expectations with the stakeholders during the
“Brigada Eskwela” directed by the Department of Education, wherein
the Parents, Teachers and Community Association PTCA will meet
prior to starting an academic year. The approach is co-creating the
local as a relevant aspect of building community. Not only the
learners have the sense of ownership in their classroom but also the
PTCA, as the organization functions and learns so many amazing
skills in the process. This approach can be used to allow learners to do
much more of the academic endeavor since the physical environment
was properly planned by the stakeholders.
3. Creating community agreements. In connection with the third way,
the learner-centered innovation is about moving from classroom
management to the classroom community. The school culture needs
to have rules and procedures that facilitate productive learning
environments where learners feel valued and a sense of ownership,
much more success as a teacher creating a school environment that
fosters community empowered individuals.
4. Learning to work together. The educational goal is to develop the
learners to start critical thinking on their own way through the
complexity of life and collaboratively with others. Then, it
necessitates building a strong partnership and creating learning
opportunities where they can learn and develop the skills to do those
needed competencies.