Classroom Design1st grade, Enon Elementary

Kayla Noe March 5th,2015

Steele’s Six Functions

of the Classroom

Setting

1. Security and Shelter The security and shelter function provides

the physical and psychological security and comfort in the classroom.

The fire escape posters and classroom rules provide the students with a feeling of being secure and protected.

2. Social Contact The social contact function provides

interaction amongst the students and teacher while in the classroom.

The teacher arranged

the desks into four

groups, with four

students in each

group. Each group

has their own bins

filled with extra

paper, scissors, glue

and other essentials.

3. Symbolic Identification

This function represents the students and teacher within the classroom. Anyone entering the classroom should be able to understand what the students are currently learning.

This word wall not only shows where the students are in their learning, but it also represents the teacher’s spontaneous and fun personality with the fun colors and colorful border.

4. Task Instrumentality The task instrumentality function is how the

teacher and students get tasks done in the classroom. The work station board

demonstrates where the students will go during their small group activity time.

5. Pleasure The pleasure function is simply decorations

that make the classroom more intimate and friendly.

Owls are a central theme

to this classroom, so there

are many owls placed all

around the room. This

makes the room look a

little more lively and fun.

6. Growth Growth refers to anything located in the

classroom that promotes cognitive development and academic achievement.

This is the classroom library, the picture shows all the book baskets neatly labeled with the subjects. However, they are also organized by shelf so that the more advanced books are at the bottom and the “easy” books are on the top shelf.