LESSON 5

THE IDEAL 21st CENTURY CLASSROOM

EXPERIENCE

Make a schema of the traditional classroom versus the modern classroom.

Explain your presentation in one or two paragraphs.

Field Study 1│ 1
EXCHANGE

Task 1: List and categorize the varied types of educational tools/materials.

Name of School Observed:_______________________________
Name of Cooperating Teacher: _______________________________
Name of FS Student: _______________________________
Grade Level Observed: _______________________________
Learning Area and Topic: _______________________________

Educational Materials Teaching-learning activities where the

(List down the identified resources.) materials are most efficient and effective

Audio media
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ICT media
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Print media
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Visual media
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Signature of the Cooperating Teacher: ________________________

Date: _________________________________
Task 2: Evaluate the employed materials which captivate the school-children
in significant learning.

1. What type of media is commonly utilized in the learning community?

How can this media help the facilitators of learning to achieve the learning
competencies?

2. Is the physical condition of the classroom and other learning resources

satisfactory?

How can these materials aid to make students better critical thinkers?

3. What are the characteristics of 21st century classroom? Make your schema below.

EXPOUND

If professionals are to be prolific members of the 21 st century workplace,

they must move beyond the needed skills. Teachers are entrusted with
mastering these skills as well as modeling these skills in the classroom, hence
serve as role models to the learners. The characteristics of the 21 st century
classroom will be very different from those of in the classrooms of the past
because the focus is producing schoolchildren who are highly productive,
effective communicators, inventive thinkers, and masters of technology.
This lesson is designed to provide pre-service teachers with opportunities
to examine the instructional materials and technology to facilitate and
produce effective learning outcomes. They are expected to demonstrate
a meaningful understanding of the nature, application and production of
innovative educational technologies through outputs. Therefore, they are
given the chance to develop learning tasks, instructional materials, and
assessment tools in the ideal learning environment.
21st century classroom promotes creativity, critical thinking, communi-
cation and collaboration to prepare the learners for a more complex life and
work environment. Thus these will uphold the following essential learning
and innovation skills in the learning environment:
1. Creativity as they advance, implement and communicate ideas and
demonstrate originality and inventiveness;
2. Critical thinking as they organize, scrutinize and synthesize
information to solve problems and answer questions;
3. Communication as they articulate thoughts and ideas clearly and
effectively and share responsibility for learning;
4. Collaboration as they work together to appeal on the strengths of
individual team members to produce a better solution than what they
could have created on their own.
Despite huge changes in lifestyle and technology, the classroom today
and compare it to one in the early 20th century for sure desks/arm chairs
are more streamlined and there may be an interactive whiteboard or several
computers in the room but the basic setup is still the same. Learners sit in
neatly aligned desks/armchairs for the majority of the days’ tasks a teacher
lecture at the front area of the classroom. Fortunately, many professionals
are trying to create a classroom design for the 21 st century in a manner that
breaks out of the traditional scenario.
A learning environment that fosters learners’ personal growth entails
personalized classroom design:
1. Layout for flexibility. The motivating concept behind 21st century
classroom design is flexibility that will push for personalized learning.
Typically, a classroom that includes some version of a group
gathering area, multiple seating options and a flex area that can be
modified for unique learning activities.
2. Furniture for utility. Portable furniture is needed in the 21st
century classroom design to allow for maximum utility of the
learning space. Common examples of workstation options include
yoga mats, exercise balls, tables, sofas and floor tables to support
flexibility schools with a variety of different seating options.
3. Technology for integration. The key aspect of modern classroom
design is technology integration. The classroom uses technology
not to replace the classroom facilitator but a tool to stimulate
curiosity and inspire learner’s desire to learn. Any type of media
that puts information at students’ fingertips and encourages them to
conduct research and make discoveries.
4. Light-filled environment for selection. Lighting is beneficial as
learners use technology more frequently since dimmed lights make
screens easier to see. Bright fluorescent lighting is being replaced
with more natural and incandescent light through the use of
windows and lamps, to make them more comfortable and improve
the learning rates due to expose adequate natural lighting.
EXECUTION

Task 1: Observe a class then describe the measures how the teacher
designs the learning space. Reflect on the physical environment
(cleanliness, ventilation, lighting, display boards, seating
arrangements and the like).

Observation Report

Date of Observation: Teacher: (optional)

1. Describe the classroom that you have observed.

2. Cite some characteristics which you think makes the learning space you have
observedideal.

3. Suggest more effective ways to make a classroom environment more effective to

the teaching and learning process.
Task 2: Take a picture of the classroom you are assigned and post it here to
evaluate the learning space. Improve it by designing a 21 st century
classroom.

Image of the Learning Space Observed

My 21st Century Classroom Design

My Reflection
What? So What? Now What?
What was good about So what have I learned Now what do I need to do
the topic? about the topic? after learning the topic?