Since a classroom is a combination of various elements, i.e. built form, un-built spaces, lighting, ventilation, colour etc., each of these aspects have to be given equal consideration. The quality of overall growth is in part related to the quality of the architecturally planned and designed physical environment and the rest is dependent on the behaviour of the peers.
2.4.1.3 RESEARCH STRUCTURE (Alaswad, 2013) The physical environment is a deciding factor for the development of the children including various other factors like teacher-pupil relationship, child-peer relationship (Minoura, 1990). Environmental research deals with the behaviour of the children and the feature of the physical setting. Two categories of children’s interaction
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An environment that encourages free movement and accessibility to children helps them to locate themselves in the setting, create their own spaces and access any point without adult supervision. If children are too restricted within their environment, they become restless and provoked which in turn can lead to inappropriate behaviours that will prove to be barriers from children achieving complete development (Maxwell, 1998) An environment that supports comfort allows children to explore materials or events around them. Comfort levels should be reached within an environment not only through times of sleep or relaxation but also while children are moving and playing. Dramatic fluctuations in stimulation level can be frightening and disorienting. Comfortable settings provide neither too much contrast, nor too much sameness. There are various ways in which school settings can contribute to all-round development of children. Some of the main architectural features of the physical setting are scale, height, colour, texture,