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The learning environment for instruction can vary in different classrooms based on the teacher’s perspective, objectives of lesson plans, and the needs of the students. Teachers who have moved away from the traditional style of learning may promote the constructivist learning environment to integrate learning styles and cater to their students’ needs.

The Learning Environment

Active LearningActive Learning - Focus

With an active learning environment, the term speaks for itself, students are actively involved in the learning process. There is no chalk and talk at the front of the classroom by a teacher, but… Read more

Personalised Learning
Project - Personalised Learning

The personalised learning approach takes into account each student’s needs and preferences in the classroom. A teacher who knows each student’s strengths, weaknesses… Read more

Group LearningGroup Learning Environment Home

Many teachers see group work as an opportunity for their students to get involved with the lesson. They expect that the various personalities, cultural backgrounds, experiences, and knowledge… Read more

Outdoor Learning
Crop Plantation - Outdoor Learning - Home

The world outside the home and school has more to it than traffic congestion, buildings, parks, and people pacing busily through the streets. There are many outdoor options… Read more

Types of students

Accelerated Accelerated

We all know that gifted pupil who excels at every subject with very little effort. He or she accelerates faster than the rest of his or her classmates in a school where average students… Read more

DelayedDelayed Student

In a traditional classroom with a high rate of average students, a delayed child is lost with the lesson, apathetic to do assignments, distant from schoolmates, invisible to everyone including… Read more

AttentiveAttentive Student

The attentive student is a teacher’s charm. He or she diligently pays attention to every word, note, and instruction given, notices the clues hinted in case studies before anyone else, identifies… Read more

DistractedDistracted Student

The distracted student is well known in the traditional classroom for slowing down the progress of the session. He or she daydreams in class, stares through the window, turns whenever… Read more

FocussedFocused - Home

We all know that one pupil who usually has it all together. This is the person who constantly takes notes in his or her daily journal, organiser, scrap book, on sticky notes and make perfectly laid out… Read more

UnfocussedUnfocussed Student

The unfocussed student has very little passion for the lessons scheduled on a school’s syllabus. He or she prefers to do everything else under the sun other than academic schooling. These… Read more 

DisciplinedDisciplined Student

The disciplined student is a stickler for rules, obeys instructions always, acknowledges the difference between right and wrong and in some cases just might be a teacher’s pet. This is the child who sits… Read more

Undisciplined

Undisciplined Student

Many teachers are faced with the problem of an undisciplined student who is disobedient, badly behaved, disruptive and out of control. He or she is a serious problem in a classroom as he or she slows… Read more

OutspokenOutspoken Student

The outspoken pupil has an opinion about almost anything. He or she answers every question the teacher puts forward and has a counter argument for the points made by… Read more

QuietQuiet Student

The quiet student is the most misunderstood person in the classroom. This student hardly ever speaks or does it inaudibly when asked a question, barely interacts with his or her peers… Read more

LazyLazy Student

The lazy student is sluggish, fatigued, and unresponsive. This student comes to class, sits at the back with head bowed on the desk and naps for the entire period. Some teachers interrupt their sessions… Read more