MANAGEMENT OF PHYSICAL CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT

ABDUL HAFIZ MOHAMAD, NAZRIN SHAH, AINURA FILZAH

INTRODUCTION
The concept of the management of friendly physical classroom environment is very important to fulfill the students needs The concept will be able to create a positive and conducive classroom climate

Classroom management should be seen as a bigger scope

According to the Kamus Dewan edisi ke-4, physical environment refers to the physical surrounding which can be seen directly The classroom physical environment will affect the learning situation.

Floor plan

Sitting arrangement

Cleanliness, ventilation and lighting

Physical environment
Decoration corner Multimedia corner Reading corner

FLOOR PLAN
Purpose- to help the teacher to arrange the objects in the classroom By having the floor plan, teacher will have an overview of how to have a suitable arrangement of the classroom. For example, the teacher should ensure the sitting arrangement are flexible and suitable for a certain activity Teacher must take into account the social relationships among the students; able to cultivate moral values

CLEANLINESS, VENTILATION AND LIGHTING

Purpose: to ensure that students are comfortable and enjoy to be in school Teacher should foster the value of maintaining a clean classroom environment; having a duty roster Example; b having a monthly for the cleanest classroom would be able to motivate the student to preserve the hygiene of the classroom Ventilation and lighting; a class should have windows pan and fan to ensure the air can flow smoothly into the classroom A classroom without window pans and doors will become dark and student will feel uncomfortable Thus, enable to focus with the lesson

SITTING ARRANGEMENT
By mixing the students based on their sitting arrangement, it is believed that the students will mix around and make friends of the various ethnics. It is also believed that they will learn and understand the different culture and ethnics of their friends in the classroom Thus, teacher will be able to foster a positive moral values among the students, eg. Respect Flexible; can be re-arrange according to a specific activities carry out by the teacher, teacher ensure that it easier for the students to move around

MULTIMEDIA CORNER
It is a corner where a computer is placed Help the students to find extra information of certain topics

A place where teacher and students can have an interactive activity by using the computer
Teacher should encourage the students to share the equipment, simultaneously fostering the values of tolerance and patience among them. Students should be able to explore it and it is believed that it can help the students to be more creative and innovative

DECORATION CORNER
It is a corner where the students decorate their classroom with the teachers help. Students should be given freedom on how they want to decorate the classroom Students need to work together and cooperate with each other to decorate the classroom Other than that, students will be able to increase their creativity by decorating their class To maintain good relationship between the teacher and students, students will be given freedom on the class decoration, preparation of the duty roster, info-board, etc.

READING CORNER
This corner will be filled with reading materials especially on the various culture in our country. Students will be given freedom to fill the corner with their own reading materials Thus, it helps to foster good reading habit among the students

SOCIO-EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT
NAZRIN SHAH ANNUAR

2.1 THE CONCEPT AND PURPOSE OF SOCIOEMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT

Socio-emotional word consists of two words social and emotional. According to Kamus Pelajar, Third Edition, socially defined as all aspects of society, community and social matters. About social development is a process when a child learns in relation to others in a manner that is acceptable to society and culture. Social development of a child consists of skills to interact with others, the formation of self-esteem and self-control.

Social identity and self-understanding of children growing in two stages, namely the:
Self existence and self-regulation category (Lewis, 1995; Lewis & Books-Gunn, 1979).

 The word emotion is derived from the Greek word "emovere" which means "to go out". Thus, emotion is an affective feelings experienced by an individual in a situation that gives meaning to him. It can also be defined as a response projected out as a stimulus to the feelings of emotions. Psychologists and physiologist view that emotions involve feelings, intuition, physiological reactions and emotional statement. Emotions can be divided into two positive emotions such as happy, excited and negative emotions are anger, frustration and others. Therefore, socio-emotional among children is defined as a process of interaction and adaptation of themselves to their society.

2.2 DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIOEMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT IN THE CLASSROOM

A healthy socio-emotional development is very important in one's life. This aspect will affect a student's learning and enable pupils to learn to control their emotions, thoughts and actions in order to adapt to the classroom. Development of students' socio-emotion starts with the ability to understand and manage their own emotions and enable students to understand the needs, emotions and points of other peoples POV. This is to develop social skills in the classroom with students of diverse backgrounds. The teacher's role is very important in the management of socio-emotion by; emphasising on the ability and confidence to interact with fellow students in the classroom.

THEORIES OF SOCIO-EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT:

Bandura felt that the emotional development of children is raised by imitation. He felt that children imitate the observed behaviour and emotional responses which they have never made before. The way children express their emotions depends on:
What he has learned about the acceptance by the community, The most rewarding and The ones that can get him something that he wants in the most instant and simple manner.

 Erik Erikson's theory emphasized the importance of social relationships with individuals in the child's environment.

According to Erikson, a child's personality is formed as a result of this psychosocial development .

Success or failure to achieve or solve the crisis will bring implications to the self-image of the individual.

LESSONS STRATEGY IN MANAGING SOCIOEMOTIONAL LEARNING THROUGH PLAY:

Doing "Learning through play" is one of the teaching strategies that can pay attention students socio-emotional aspect in a multicultural classroom.
Learning through play is a planned and structured approach to provide opportunities for students to learn in a fun and meaningful manner. Approach to learning through play is given special emphasis in teaching and learning as play is the nature of children. Through play they enjoy and are happy to explore through direct experience in a natural way. "[Huraian Kurikulum Prasekolah Kebangsaan, 2003]

 Learn Through Play is one of the strategies that can be used by a teacher to encourage social interaction and to control childrens emotional naturally. Play is a spontaneous process that can make the experience, education and skills. Play allows children to do creative activities.

For children who are growing up, playing is a necessity. Through play children can learn many things and it is known as informal learning.

 Froebel (1782 - 1852) created a Kindergarten Programme in German for children of age 4 to 5 years using the concept of Learning while Playing'. He believes that the most effective learning process is an enjoyable activity. Play is one of the exhilarating activities where children play to improve their skills.

Meanwhile, Dewey (1852 - 1859) also encourages learning through play because pleasure is a right for every child.

2.4 IMPORTANCE OF SOCIOEMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT

Teachers need to manage pupils socio-emotion effectively because teachers who fail to do so will give an impact on the students achievement. What will happen with bad socio-emotional management are as follow:
Teaching and learning process will be interrupted. Non-conducive classroom climate will bring negative consequences on students overall performance Causes mental pressure on students and teachers Pupils feel disturbed and uncomfortable Pupils are difficult to focus on teaching and learning

2.5 SUMMARY
This topic discusses the management of students' socioemotional aspect and the importance of the teachers role in managing the students socio-emotion consisting of a pluralistic society.

Among the important aspects are the following:

Socio-emotion among children is defined as a process of interaction and adapting themselves in society.

The teacher's role is very important in the management of socio-emotion by emphasising on their ability and confidence to interact with fellow students in a multicultural classroom.

 Learn Through Play is one of the strategies that can be used by a teacher to encourage social interaction and emotional control children naturally. It is very meaningful in helping to strengthen the relationship between students' backgrounds Teaching and learning will be disrupted and mental stress faced by students if the socio-emotional well managed by teachers.

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Teachers need to view each students as unique individual with different capability.

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