The learning

environment
Prepared by: Judy Ann Berces
The learning environment consists of
the physical environment as well as the
psychological atmosphere or the socio-
emotional climate which is mainly a
product of the interaction and
relationship between teacher and
students and among the students.
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
PSYCHOLOGICAL CLIMATE
Lets not forget that equally important, if not
more important, is the psychological
atmosphere or climate that reigns in the
classroom. Researchers agree that in
addition to conductive physical
environment, the favourable school climate
includes:
1. Safety (e.g. rules and norms, physical
safety; social-emotional safety).
2. Relationship (e.g. respect for diversity;
school connectedness/ engagement; social
support-adults; social support-students;
leadership) and
3. Teaching and learning ( e.g. social,
emotional, ethical, and civic learning;
professional relationship.
A Facilitative Learning
Environment
isa learning environment consist of
PHYSICAL , PSYCHOLOGICAL
and SOCIO ENVIRONMENT
where teaching and learning takes
place in most effective and
productive manner.
Pine and Horne (1990) describe a facilitative learning
environment for learning . It is one;
 Which encourages people to be active
 Which promotes and facilitates the individual’s discovery of
the personal meaning of idea
 Which emphasizes the uniquely personal and subjective
nature of learning
 In which difference is good and desirable
 Which consistently recognizes people’s right to make mistakes
 Which tolerate ambiguity
 In which evaluation is a cooperative process with emphasis on
self-evaluation
 Which encourages openness or self rather
than concealment of self
 In which people are encourage to trust in
themselves as well as in external sources
 In which people feel they are respected
 Which permits confrontation
 A conductive learning environment is
necessary in the full development of the
cognitive and appetitive faculties of the
learner
Thank you ..