How the teacher maintains a classroom environment conducive to teaching learning process is highly crucial. The social environment is built up by the pattern of interaction between teacher and students’ verbal exchange, asking questions, responding and reacting. The most important factors in a classroom situation are the interactions and exchanges initiated by teachers and students. These factors need to be studied, and best practices in this regard implemented to improve teaching and learning at all levels of education.
1.2. Statement of the Problem
Over the last decade, there have been calls for higher standards in public
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Objectives of the Study
1. To identify and describe Learning environment.
2. To examine the relationship between Learning environments and teaching and learning.
3. To access the impact of the Learning environment for teaching and learning.
1.4. Research Questions
2. What are the descriptions of the learning environments?
2. What is the relationship between learning environment and teaching and learning?
3. How does the learning environment impact on teaching and learning?
1.5. Delimitations
The research is limited to the learning environment in KNUST, the study will also be limited to students in Integrated Rural Art and Industry-KNUST of the Asante Region of Ghana. The study seeks to identify classroom environmental problems that hinder effective teaching and learning in the classrooms of higher education, and also problems of physical arrangement in and in classrooms. Even though the study is limited to KNUST, the result could be generalized to other institutions of higher education in the country.
1.6. Definition of Terms
For the purpose of this study, the researcher will define the following terms to mean;
1. Classroom- A room in which classes are conducted, especially in schools or