FS 1

The Learners
Development and
Environent

FIELD STUDY
EPISODE 1

SCHOOL AS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Name of FS Student: Dianne N. Deato

Course: BS MATHEMATICS

Year &Section: 2-1

Resource Teacher: Mrs. Gabriel

Signature _____________________

Cooperating School: Polo National High 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.

YourMap
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
facilities and support
learning areas in the
campus, then in the
4. Present your idea of a good
school environment
through any of these:
Your
Tools Paragraph
a)
Descriptive
b) Photo Essay c) Sketch or
Drawing d) Poem, song, or

3. Accomplish the
checklist as you move
around the school
premises.
5. Make a reflection on
the characteristics of a
school environment
that promotes learning.

2. Based on your
gathered data in
the checklist,
describe the
school

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.
Facilities

Available

Not
Available

Description

Office of the Principal

Library

There is living room, it is presentable.

It is in one room. The book shelf is around
the wall.

Counseling Room

Canteen/Cafeteria
Medical Clinic
Audio Visual/Media Center
Reading Center

There is table and chairs, and the furniture

well arranged.
This occupies three rooms. It was clean.
It was clean and calm to see.

Speech Laboratory
Science Laboratory
Gymnasium
Auditorium
Home Economics
Industrial Workshop Area
PTA Office
Comfort Room for Boys
Comfort Room for Girls
Service Bureau
Publication Office
Registrars Office
Faculty Room
Head Offices
SSC Office
Computer Laboratory
Others(Please Specify)

There are many posted in the wall and it is

well designed.

There is some project of students, models,

and posters.
It is the court, its huge enough.

It is well presentable.
It is clean and has complete things.
It is clean and has complete things.
It is well organized. There are books,
furniture and table for personnel.

It was systematized.

It is well organized.

There are table for each teacher and it is

clean.

It is orderly.

It is neat. There are tables and chairs for

the officers.

It is well ventilated. It has limited no. of

computer.
Math Clinic, Property room, Red cross, and CAT Headquarters

An Observation Guide for the CLASSROOM VISIT

Read the following statements carefully. Then write your observation report on the
space provided.
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, and the cafeteria. Look around and find
out the other facilities that the school has.

Name of the School Observed: Polo National High School

School Address: Palasan compound Valenzuela City
Date of Visit: January 16 2016

The school is near at church, police station, and plaza. The student is secure
because there is a police and red boys who guide them. The campus was huge
enough. There is a court in the middle where surrounds by a buildings. The wall of
the building is white in color and has lining of green. It is in good condition
because it is newly built and the others were renovated. There are also many
offices that were organized. And I found other facilities that are new like English
room, Math clinic, TLE room, CAT headquarters, and Red Cross.

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 te students. How many are occupying one room?
5. Is the room well lighted and well ventilated?

CLASSROOM FACILITIES MATRIX

Description
Classroom Facilities

(location, number, arrangement, condition)

1. Wall Displays

It was few. It was posted around the wall. I

2. Teachers Table

found that the others were near to fall.

There is one in each room; it is place at the

3. Learners Desks

front. It is in good condition.

There are 40-50 chairs in a room, it arrange
in 2 column and each of it has 5 by5 . The

4. Blackboard

other chairs were destroying partially.

It has one in each room, it was place in the

5. Learning Materials/Visual Aids

front wall. It is good.

It was in good condition, I think it replace
every year (visual).

Write your observation report here.

Name of the School Observed: Polo National High School

School Address :Palasan compound Valenzuela City
Date of Visit : January 18 2016

The classroom is the learning environment pf the learners. It is the one

factor that can affect the teaching learning process. So, it must in good
condition. In our observation the room was an ordinary or simply plain. There
was a few posted in the wall, teachers table, chairs, blackboard, broom and trash
can, and electric fan. The teachers table is in the middle front of the room, the
chairs arranged in 2 columns and each of it has 5 by 5, the blackboard as usual it
attached in the front wall, the electric fan is place in the 3 walls except in the
front because the other one is on the ceiling near at the teachers table and lastly
the cleaning materials in the back part of the room.

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

The school is the learning environment of the learners. It has an impact on

them. It can affect them in terms of learning, on how theyve learn. There are
factors in the room such as the condition like ventilation, safeness, and others.

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

In child and adolescent development, the environment of the learners

affects them as they grow. Therefore, to be able for them to effectively learned , we
as a teacher give them a conducive learning environment that leads to efficient and
effective leaning process.

Your Reflections

1. Would you like to teach in the school environment you just observed? Why?
Why not?
Yes, I didnt a technology user. I didnt want to use it on my teaching soon. I
believe that using of it does not affects my teaching and I always after on my
students learning. And facilities here were good enough.
2. What kind of school campus is conducive to learning?
The school campus that is conducive to learning was the school have
complete facilities, have efficient and effective facilitator, locate at safe place, and
well organized.
3. What kind of classroom is conducive to learning?
The classroom that is conducive to learning is in good condition such as well
ventilated, effective sitting arrangement, neat, well- lighted, tidy and quiet. It is
enjoyable and interesting to study in room like this.

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

In future, if I were finished in my study and be a teacher I will make my
classroom conducive to learning. I will establish some rules and regulation that my
students to be discipline themselves. I always after on the things inside the
classroom - set of ownership. And I think some ways for the better of my students.

5. Write your additional learnings and insights here.

In my observation I saw that teachers felt difficulty in handling students with
poor behavior. Its the one factor that affects the learning process. The learner itself is the
controller if he/she wanted to learn not the teacher.

6. My Personal Illustration of an Effective School Environment