UNIT I

THE ELEMENTS OF TEACHING

CHAPTER 3
THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Presented by:
JAZEL JADE B. BALASABAS
 “To heredity, the child owes his
possibilities. However, to
environment, he owes the realization
of these possibilities.”
Everywhere is a learning
environment. Any place
can be a learning
environment.
This is true when we talk
about informal learning
 Formal learning is a form of
Informal Learning learning normally delivered by
means you gain trained teachers in a
knowledge of systematic intentional way
something in an within a school,
academy/college/institute or
unofficial, university.
unscheduled and - Structured, there is a course
anything under the outline and course description.
sun. The teacher has a lesson plan;
therefore it is planned.
 Learning Environment
refers to the combination of the social,
intellectual and physical attributes of a
classroom experience.
It is a product of the interaction and
relationship between teachers and
students and among the students.
Physical Environment- includes the physical condition of
the classroom, the arrangement of furniture, seating
arrangement, the classroom temperature and lighting.
Psychological
Climate- The
atmosphere or climate in the
classroom.
The favorable school climate includes:

1. Safety (e.g. rules and norms; physical

safety; social emotional safety)

2. Relationship ( e.g. respect 3 Teaching and learning ( e.g.

for diversity; school) social, emotional, ethical and civic
connectedness/engagement; learning; support for learning;
social support-adults; social professional relationships)
 Pine and Horne (1990) described a facilitative
learning environment for learning. It is one:
1. which encourages people to be active - a
psychological classroom environment which Is
supportive of learning engages the learners in the
learning process.
2 . which promotes and facilitates the individual’s
discovery of the personal meaning of idea- Meaning is
not imposed by teacher. This is personally arrived at by
the learners considering the uniqueness of their
experiences.
3. which emphasizes the uniquely personal and
subjective nature of learning- Every learner is unique.
4. in which 5. which consistently
recognizes people’s right
difference is good
and desirable- to make mistakes- Learner
there is respect feel at ease and learn best
for diversity. To be when mistakes are
different does not welcome because they are
mean to be recognize as part and
deficient. parcel of the learning
process.
6. which tolerates
ambiguity- this
leads to openness
to ideas and
prevents teacher
and learners alike
to be judgmental.
7. in which evaluation is a cooperative process with emphasis on self evaluation-
This makes evaluation less threatening. The learner is not alone when he evaluates
learning, he is with a group. His/her progress is seen against the performance of
his/her classmates.

8. which encourages openness of self rather

than concealment of self- People feel at ease
and so aren’t afraid to be transparent.

9. in which people are encourage to trust in

themselves as well as in external sources- there is a
strong social support and it is not difficult to trust
others.
11. in which people feel they are accepted-
There is a sense of belongingness.

10. in which people feel they are

respected- everyone is convinced of
the inner worth/dignity of each
individual and so it is easy to respect
everyone.
13. A conducive learning environment is necessary
in the full development of the cognitive and
appetitive faculties of the learner - his senses,
instincts, imagination, memory, feelings, emotion
and will.

13. A conducive learning environment is

necessary in the full development of the
cognitive and appetitive faculties of the
learner - his senses, instincts, imagination,
memory, feelings, emotion and will.