FRECILLE ANNE D.

BAUTISTA
UNIE
FLEARN

CLASSROOM CLIMATE

Is the classroom environment, the social climate, the emotional and the physical
aspects of the classroom. It’s the idea that teachers influence student growth and
behavior . The student’s behavior affects peer interaction—the responsibility of
influencing these behaviors is placed with the Instructor. Teachers should learn
to guide their students, not to alienate them. The safety of the student’s well-
being is paramount in their development of social ties with peers and their
instructor. As education becomes more inclusive, teachers need to become more
aware of how to organize groups of students and how the students are arranged
can lead to a favorable environment.
These elements of the classroom environment are not mutually exclusive
but rather interactive with one another, but instructors may attend to the
following aspects of student development and classroom climate to
consider how each aspect is related to teaching and learning:

 Intellectual development – Depending on where students are at in

their intellectual development, they could react to course content or a
class discussion differently to shape a particular climate in the
classroom.
 Social identity development – For college-level students, social
identity – identification with certain social groups – is one of the most
salient areas of development, and different ways in which each student
sees him/herself can create a unique classroom dynamic.

FOUR ASPECTS OF CLASSROOM CLIMATE

 Physical – Physical aspect of the classroom and course delivery, such

as classroom type (e.g., an auditorium, a small classroom, a lab), layout
(e.g., students sit facing the front of the room, students sit in small
groups, everyone sits in a circle), and medium (e.g., face-to-face,
online).
 Intellectual – Intellectual aspect of the course and class, such as the
course content, class discussion topics, course materials (e.g.,
textbooks, videos screened in class), and the forms and levels of skills
and knowledge that students are expected to demonstrate.
 Social – The social aspect of classroom climate refers to relationships
between students (e.g., individualistic vs. team-oriented, or competitive
vs. cooperative) and between students and instructor (e.g., the
instructor being approachable or authoritative to students) and the
social atmosphere of the class (e.g., casual, formal, democratic,
inclusive).
 Emotional – The classroom contains various emotions, and the
emotions can shift quickly. Students and instructor can have different
emotional reactions to course materials and class discussions. These
emotions can widely range from discomfort to comfort, from anger to
joy, from fear to empowerment, from confusion to excitement, and
everything in-between and beyond.

QUESTIONS

1. WHAT IS CLASSROOM CLIMATE?

Classroom climate is the intellectual,social,and physical environment

where students can learn as a by-product of the social interactions
betweenand among teachers and students.

2. ENUMERATE THE 4 ASPECTS OF CLASSROOM CLIMATE?

PHYSICAL,INTELLECTUAL,SOCIAL& EMOTIONAL
3. WHAT IS PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF CLASSROOM CLIMATE?
affects morale and student learning
4. WHAT IS SOCIAL ASPECTS OF CLASSROOM CLIMATE?
The social aspect of classroom climate refers to relationships
between students
5. WHAT IS EMOTIONAL ASPECTS OF CLASSROOM CLIMATE?
The emotional aspect contains various emotions, and the
emotions can shift quickly.