CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

SEATING ARRANGMENT

MANAGING THE LEARNING

ENVIRONMENT
Clusters
•Four or five desks pushed
together so every desk
is facing another one.

•Allows group and individual

work (more of collaborative
learning) .

•Disadvantage:
Students will be too noisy and
distracted as they are facing
one another.
Desk Rows
•Traditional classroom seating
arrangement of several rows of
desks facing the teacher (direct
instruction).

•Students are facing the

blackboard and instructional aids.

Disadvantage:
•Not good for group works
and may cause behavioral
problems to occur.
Table Rows

•Long tables that are placed in

rows that are perpendicular to
the front and back of the room.

•students sit next and across from

each other (collaborative
learning).

Disadvantage:
•Students involve in a lot of
socializing and it is very bad in a
test situation.
Semi-Circle

•All the desks touch each other

facing the front of the room in a
semi-circle shape.

•Teacher can see student

(instruction, child run or
collaborative).

Disadvantage:
•Teacher wont be able to meet
students one on one.
Pairs

•Two student desks are together and

spaced away from other pairs.

•Pairs allow the students to work

together and independently.
(adult run & collaborative)

Disadvantage:
•Students cant be able to discuss
and some will be left out.
Activity Zones or Centers

•There are usually about five or six

•tables set up in the row.

•Student actively engaged in activity

(collaborative learning).

Students discover academic skills

and have fun while learning.
U style

Herring
Bone

Café
V style Style
 MANAGING THE LEARNING
ENVIROMENT

Must be envisioned in
both a physical
space and a cognitive space

The start of the school year is important.

Teacher has to set expectations
for student behavior, which are expressed
through rules and procedures.

Teachers have to create a motivational

climate
2 Factors: value and effort
 •Maintaining the learning environment
through conscientious decision-making
concerning students and the classroom.
(focuses on group processes)

•Teachers have to actively monitor their

students.
•Teachers have to ensure that their students
Understand what s being thought.
•A variety of activities.

When problems occur in classroom, teacher

has to manage it in order to keep it from
spreading.
 CONCLUSION
• The need for a classroom management system that is visible,
established, monitored, modified, refined, and reestablished.

• They must be prepared to create, implement, and

maintain an environment in which learning is the center.

• Teachers empowered with an understanding

of the complexity and multidimensionality of
classroom management make a difference
in the lives of their students.