The Classroom Climate

Thesis Statement:The classroom climate is the intellectual,

social, emotional, and physical environment where students can learn as a by-product of the social interactions between and among teachers and students .

Objectives:1. What are the factors to consider

in making favorable classroom environment?

Objectives:2. How can an educator promote a facilitative learning in his/her classroom?

What is classroom climate?

Classroom Environment Social Climate

Learning Environment

Students experience the classroom as not just an intellectual space, but also as a social, emotional, and physical environment. Classrooms that subtly or indirectly exclude certain groups of students tend to be common from the students’ perspectives; students have a particularly negative reaction to instructors who fail to acknowledge consequential local or national events

(Huston and DiPietro, 2007). 

Source: http://citl.indiana.edu/resources_files/teaching-resources1/classroom-climate.php

The classroom climate is influenced by two things.

1.Physical Environment2.Psychological Climate

Physical Environment

Physical Classroom Condition Furniture Arrangement Seating Arrangement Temperature and Lighting

Psychological Climate

Safety Relationships Teaching and Learning

A conducive classroom

climate is one that is non-

threatening yet business like

It is also a facilitative learning

environment

How can an educator ensure that his/her classroom has a

positive climate?

1. Specific classroom rules and procedures are clear2. These classroom rules are discussed on the first day

of class3. Students are involved in rule-making4. Reinforce acceptable behavior and provide negative

consequences employed5. Establish clear limit for unacceptable behavior

The Positive Classroom Climate

6. Healthy balance between dominance and cooperation

7. The teacher is aware of the different needs of students

8. The teacher has withitness9. Enhance student’s responsibility for their own

behavior

The Positive Classroom Climate

10. Encourages active learning11. Promotes and facilitates the individual’s discovery of

personal meaning of idea12. Emphasizes the uniquely personal and subjective

nature of learning13. Respect for diversity14. Recognizes people’s right to make mistakes

The Positive Classroom Climate

15. Tolerates ambiguity16. Evaluation is a cooperative process with emphasis

on self-evaluation17. Encorages openness of self rather than concealment

of self18. Encorage learners to trust in themselves as well as

external sources

The Positive Classroom Climate

19. Makes people feel respected20. Makes people feel accepted21. Permits confrontation22. Develops the cognitive and affective faculties of the

learners

The Positive Classroom Climate

Thank you for listening

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