Essay On School Learning Environment

The school-learning environment revolves around issues of physical, mental, emotional and societal influences. Such concerns include relationships, the socio-emotional environment and class cohesiveness, where students are subjected to a broader range of influences mentally, which in turn affects their ability to individually create a constructive, consistent environment. School climate factors and school effectiveness factors are complementary in influencing educational outcomes, although each group maintains its internal conceptual consistency (Freiberg, 1999, p. 30 -49). A desirable school climate allows students to connect to the school, which contributes to fewer emotional problems, and creates a more stable, confident learning environment (Loukas, Suzuki and Horton, 2006).

Developing positive teacher-student relationships is important, as exhibiting higher levels of shared control, trust, and intimacy in an educational environment, is reported to result in greater learning (Dobransky and Frymier, 2004, p. 211). By creating a caring framework, which permits effective teaching to take place in the community, learning partners are able to facilitate a positive, educational environment in which children can develop (Groundwater-Smith and Ewing et al., 2010). Learning partners including, teachers, parents, support staff, the community and other students; contribute towards building this successful and vibrant learning environment. For instance, if a teacher is unable to facilitate for all students learning styles and abilities, then some students will require the aid of the school support staff. If a student is not in a caring, safe environment at home, then their fundamental needs are not fulfilled and they are unable to fully...

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...ive movements towards constructive teacher-student relationships, as well as changing societal influences that allow students to explore an extensive range of issue in a broad-minded, opportunistic environment.

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• Dobransky, N. D. and Frymier, A. B. 2004. Developing teacher-student relationships through out of class communication. Communication Quarterly, 52 (3), pp. 211--223.
• Groundwater-Smith, S., Ewing, R. and Le Cornu, R. 2010. Teaching challenges and dilemmas. South Melbourne, Vic.: Cengage Learning.
• Freiberg, H., 1999. School climate. 1st ed. London: Falmer Press.
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