Creating A Child Centered EnvironmentCarissa FarrellEEC 3009St. Petersburg College

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A Developmentally Appropriate Physical EnvironmentTeacher- Student and Student- Student Interactions

Structured Learning Environment Student Behavior Expectations

Social Development and Group Responsibility

A Child Centered Environment Consists of:

The Physical Environment of the Classroom Should:

• Support and engage student learning

• Facilitate physical movement in daily activities

• Minimize or avoid safety hazards• Display student work• Include materials that support

learning and are accessible for teachers and all students

• Contain furniture that is child size and appropriate for the students

The Classroom Setting Should Promote Fair and Respectful Teacher-Student and Student-Student Interactions:• Teachers should be sensitive to students

cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds when planning the curriculum.

• Teachers should provide opportunities for each student to actively participate in activities and discussions.

• Students should have many opportunities to interact with their peers and learn to respect them.

A Structured Environment that Implements Procedures and Routines:• Helps classroom activities to run smoothly• Use transitions to move from one activity to another• Provide specific directions for routines and transitions until the

student internalizes them• Make teachers focus on structuring routines and transitions to

minimize non-instructional time and to focus student attention on learning

A Child Learning Environment Establishes and Maintains Student Behavior:• When teachers model positive behavior

to help students learn and accept the standards of behavior expected of them.

• When teachers make sure students understand the consequences for failing to maintain appropriate student behavior.

• When the teacher responds to the student who fails to behave appropriately, in a constructive manner that avoids disruption of the classroom activity as little as possible.

To Implement Social Development and Group Responsibility in a Child Centered Environment, Teachers Should:• Foster students’ self esteem• Teach students how to work with and learn

from each other• Provide opportunities for each student to

exercise leadership• Help students learn to take responsibility for

contributing to a group• Model constructive ways of agreeing and

disagreeing with others, making mistakes and correcting them, listening to other points of views, ideas, experiences, and feelings

• Encourage students to look at situations from multiple perspectives

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