FIELD STUDY 1

THE LEARNERS DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT

Episode 1

SCHOOL AS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Name of FS Student: SAJARAH JOICE C. DRIO

Course: Bachelor of Elementary Education Year and Section: 4-A
Resource Teacher _____________________________ Signature _________________

Cooperating School _______________________________________________________

Your Target
At the end of this activity, you will be competent in determining a school
environment that provides social, psychological, and physical environment supportive of
learning.

Your Map
A general observation of the campus and the classroom is an exciting way to
start your observation.

Your mission is to do the following tasks:

1. Visit a school. Look into 2. Accomplish the checklist

facilities and support as you move around the
learning areas in the school premises.
campus, then in the
classroom.

3. Based on your gathered

4. Make a reflection on the
data in the checklist,
characteristics of a school
describe the school
environment that promotes
environment.
learning.

5. Present your idea of a good school environment through any of

these: a) Descriptive Paragraph; b) Photo Essay; c) Sketch or
drawing; d) Poem, song or rap

Your Tools
As you move around the campus, activity forms are provided for you to
document your observations. It is advised that you read the entire worksheet before
proceeding to the school site. A good understanding of the activities and tasks to be
accomplished in the activity sheets will yield better learning results.
 SCHOOL FACILITIES CHECKLIST

Familiarize yourself with the different areas and facilities of the school. Check the
column to indicate their availability. Give a brief description of those that are available
on the last column.

Not
Facilities Available Description
available
Office of the Principal
It is wide and is located beside the canteen. There are
certificates, medals and frames of the achievements of

the school in every competition which is displayed on the

wall and table.

Library Located near the canteen but in separate

building. It is small but it is well-ventilated
and comfortable to study.
Counseling Room
Canteen/Cafeteria There are chairs and tables for those who
take their snacks. Foods are nutritious
and cheap.
Medical Clinic Just a small room, a single small bed, and
well- ventilated, but school nurse is not
always around.
Audio/Visual/Media Center
Reading Center
Speech Laboratory
Science Laboratory
The room looks like an ordinary classroom. There were chairs
and tables, but what makes it differ from the classroom is that

the room is full of science. There were a model of human

anatomy, a different apparatuses, and a charts of elements.

Gymnasium
Auditorium
Home Economics Room
Industrial Workshop Area
PTA Office
Comfort Room for Boys Each classroom has a comfort room. The
water supply is sufficient. It is clean
Comfort Room for Girls because pupils clean it every day.
Cultural hall The hall is wide, the tables and chairs is
in the corner. It is used when there is an
event such as induction and recognition of
students. It is clean and has a stage.
Office of the supervisor It is located in front of the guard
house. When you enter the gate to
the right side is the office. It is wide,
clean and air conditioned.

AN OBSERVATION GUIDE FOR THE SCHOOL VISIT

Read the following statements carefully. Then write your observation report on the
provided space.
1. Describe the community or neighborhood where the school is found.
2. Describe the school campus. What colors do you see? What is the condition of
the buildings?
3. Pass by the offices. What impression do you have of these offices?
4. Walk through the school halls, the library, the cafeteria. Look around and find
out the other facilities that the school has.
 Write your observation report here.
OBSERVATION REPORT FOR SCHOOL VISIT

Name of the School Observed :SAN POLICARPO CENTRAL SCHOOL

School Address :BRGY. SAN POLICARPO CALBAYOG CITY
Date of Visit :JULY 22, 2015

The school is located near the sea and a high way. It is surrounded by houses and
trees. The neighborhood is noisy because of the vehicles playing along the streets but
inside and outside of the school is clean and not polluted.
The school campus is wide and the buildings are huge. Each classroom has different
color motifs, but the building color is uniform.
Whenever I passed by the offices, I always have the impression that people in the
office is always busy. The office is well-equipped and well- ventilated. Personals are
approachable too.
The library is quite, full of books, clean and organized. The corridor is clean too, so
as the canteen which sells nutritious foods.

AN OBSERVATION GUIDE FOR THE CLASSROOM VISIT

Be guided by these tasks as you do your observation. Then accomplish the

matrix to record your data.
1. Look at the walls of the classroom. What are posted on the walls? What heroes,
religious figures, lessons, visual aids, announcements, do you see posted?
2. Examine how the furniture is arranged. Where is the teachers table located?
How are the tables and chairs/desks arranged?
3. What learning materials/equipment are present?
4. Observe the students. How many are occupying one room?
5. Is the room well-lighted and well-ventilated?

CLASSROOM FACILITIES MATRIX

Description
(location, number, arrangement,
Classroom Facilities condition)

1. wall displays There are lots of wall displays posted

everywhere such as the image of our almighty
God and the food for thought
2. teachers table Located near the door so that the teacher can
see the students going out and going inside.
3. learners desk Each desk has two pupils. There are 7 rows and
4 columns. It is painted by green.
4. blackboard Located in the center. It has three lines, blue-
red- blue. There are two blackboard combined.
5. learning materials/ visual aids
 6. bulletin board

7. comfort room

8.fans

Write your observation report here.

OBSERVATION REPORT FOR CLASSROOM VISIT

Name of the School Observed ___________________________________________

School Address _______________________________________________________
Date of Visit __________________________________________________________

AN OBSERVATION GUIDE FOR THE CLASSROOM VISIT

My Personal Illustration of an Effective School Environment

Your Analysis
1. How do the school campus and the classroom in particular create impact on the
learning of the students going to school? What are your conclusions?

2. How does this relate to your knowledge of child and adolescent development? How
does this relate to your knowledge of facilitating learning?

Your Reflections

1. Would you like to teach in the school environment you just observed? Why? Why
not?

2. What kind of school campus is conducive to learning?

3. What kind of classroom is conducive to learning?

4. In the future, how can you accomplish your answer in number 3?

5. Write your additional learnings and insights here.