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)
support-students; leadership.
 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 6. which tolerates
difference is recognizes people’s right ambiguity- this
good and to make mistakes- Learner leads to openness
desirable- there feel at ease and learn best to ideas and
is respect for prevents teacher
diversity. To be when mistakes are
different does welcome because they are and learners alike
not mean to recognize as part and
to be judgmental.
be deficient. parcel of the learning
process.
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.