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TUTORIAL 7Group 1Classrooms floor planQUESTIONDraw a floor plan of a classroom and discuss on how to create a cultural friendly classroom, focusing on the physical and social-emotional aspects. Include images of a culturally friendly classroom.

Group workGroup 1Students are less than 30.Focus on the physical aspect lighting, ventilation, cleanliness, floor plan

Group 2Students are more than 30.Focus on the physical aspects class dcor and storage spaceGroup 3Students are less than 30Focus on social-emotional aspects teacher as role model, environment and experience

Group 4Students are more than 30Focus on social emotional aspects learning community and the role of games

arrangementFirst and foremost, the teacher needs to consider the type of seating arrangement that suits the students in the classroom the most. For primary school classroom, groups seating arrangement is recommended. That is because primary school students learn mostly by doing various groupwork activities. However, it does not mean that a row seating arrangement is not appropriate. All seating arrangements have their own benefit to certain situation. It mainly depends on the size of the classroom. Usually, the size of classroom in our countrys schools are not that big. (consideration of space is important)Good classroom traffic The teacher needs to make sure that there must be spaces between seats so that the teacher and also the students can walk freely from one place to another. A class with good traffic flow is effective as the students and teacher can easily move from place to place. It will be easier for the students to do activities that require them to move around and also forming groups. Foreman (1996) once said that some classroom may require free and quiet spaces to facilitate learning while Fred Jones, a classroom management expert said that teacher mobility should be the aim of any classroom seating arrangement. (Teacher as role model)TO Maintain eye contactThe most prominent reason is that the teachers ability to see and be seen by all the students during the teaching and learning process will be maximized. When the teachers ability to see and be seen increase, it is good for one of the most used teaching method in Malaysian classroom which is demonstration. Moreover, the teacher will have good eye contacts with the students which will definitely be helpful in delivering the lesson. Promote active interactionIn context of social, they will not face any problem because this arrangement will not make students live in isolation. So, academic discussions between students during lesson will be easier for them.The students are divided into three corners which are left, middle and right. It depends on the teachers and situations whether to group them base on their level. If teacher wants to group them base on their level, low achievers should seats in the middle while the others who can perform well in examination will be given seats in the left and right side. This is because the middle seats are called action zone whereby the students who sit in the middle are more likely to be given better attention by the teacher. For that reason, there will be more interactions occur between them with the teacher (Learning community)Extra spacesIt should also offers some spaces in the classroom especially for activity during lesson. (i) Mini library- Most of the Malaysian classrooms are provided with mini library at one side of the class. The purpose of having mini library in class is to support reading environment.(ii) A corner- for performing drama, public speaking or any other activities that require the students to perform. That corner can be decorated so that it will look like a performing stage. (The role of games)Cupboard Cupboard is used to keep the teaching and learning materials and also books so that the classroom will look more tidy and easier for teachers to find things that are related to the lesson being taught.More systematic to keep their personal workbook or things that they only use in class in a specific place so that they will not left it at home. It is a normal thing for primary school students to forget bringing their books to class and this can affect their learning on that particular day. Hence, the probability for them to left their books at home will be smaller.

Classrooms wallsThe information in the walls must be change from time to time so that the students will always be up-to-date. In order to make things easier, the class teacher can assign one or two students to find information that they think interesting once a week. Most of the information on the wall usually will be used during demonstrations or explanations.It also would be nicer to display their own works throughout the year. This will help in enhancing their intrinsic motivations and also their sense of belonging. Their self-esteem will also be increased upon seeing their works being appreciated by the teacher (Environment and experience)Lets take a look on some pictures of classroom arrangement and decoration and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of having that type of classroom in malaysia.