Creating a classroom for all children

I think the important aspects to take from this week is the idea of different setting for different purposes. There are times when students are going to better suited to work in a collaborative environment, when there needs to be space given and creative examples around them. There are also times when a classroom needs to be more conducive to working as an individual. Then it is important to have segregated spaces. I think it is also important for the space to be reflective of the student’s personalities, interests, abilities and backgrounds. The students need to be able to feel safe and take ownership in the space.

Another bridge is that students as they are learning learn in different ways and think in different ways, from child to child, subject to subject and even from assignment to assignment. There are times when different approaches are called for different purposes, not just in setting, but in delivery, content, intensity and creative ability.

No matter what the assignment or subject the environment of the classroom and the assignment the students need to feel safe, important, and capable and those factors should be the starting point and ending point of everything we do in education.