How the Environment Plays a Role in Learning
More and more people are going to school and seeking a higher education after high school, but there are a few things that may be keeping some students from doing this. Everyone who has ever gone to school knows that it can be a great place to socialize and learn basic communication skills but it can also be a distracting place as well. So what is a good or positive learning environment anyways? All schools have lights but are the classrooms being properly illuminated, and is noise a big issue?
The biggest problem most school encounter is not supplying enough air circulation thought out the school, this is often times to a lack of funding. As a result outdoor air supplies per person in classrooms are often so low that carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are well above the recommended 800-1000 (ppm) causing poor air quality (P Wargocki, 2002). There hasn’t been any evidence to prove that higher or lower temperatures in a classroom causes a lack or inability to recall information, however higher temperatures make it harder for student for some student to stay awake or even maintain an attitude of learning. Other distractions such as visual distraction can come from open window and the use of cell phone in the classrooms. Windows without blinds can result in student becoming distracted with what is going on outside of the course of study. There is a policy that most schools are trying to enforce which will ban the use of cell phones in the class room which will limit the distractions such as texting. Social distractions such as talking or passing notes don’t just take away from the people who are doing the activity but those around them as well. Disciplines are enforced and some schools give after school detention, weekend school, and for repetitive distractions to a class student may also have a meeting with teacher and the student parents and discus a plan of action before dropping a student from a course.
Teachers play a big role in maintaining student’s attention as
The biggest problem most school encounter is not supplying enough air circulation thought out the school, this is often times to a lack of funding. As a result outdoor air supplies per person in classrooms are often so low that carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are well above the recommended 800-1000 (ppm) causing poor air quality (P Wargocki, 2002). There hasn’t been any evidence to prove that higher or lower temperatures in a classroom causes a lack or inability to recall information, however higher temperatures make it harder for student for some student to stay awake or even maintain an attitude of learning. Other distractions such as visual distraction can come from open window and the use of cell phone in the classrooms. Windows without blinds can result in student becoming distracted with what is going on outside of the course of study. There is a policy that most schools are trying to enforce which will ban the use of cell phones in the class room which will limit the distractions such as texting. Social distractions such as talking or passing notes don’t just take away from the people who are doing the activity but those around them as well. Disciplines are enforced and some schools give after school detention, weekend school, and for repetitive distractions to a class student may also have a meeting with teacher and the student parents and discus a plan of action before dropping a student from a course.
Teachers play a big role in maintaining student’s attention as