How To Create A Safe Learning Environment

1. How To Create A Safe Learning Environment

2. INTRODUCTION • The purpose of education in a child’s life can be numerous- learning skills, communicating, imparting discipline, building confidence, developing creativity, strength and endurance and personality development, and so on. Among the entire, one of the most important things is the school environment. A school environment is a central part of every student’s life.

3. In the school environment, few things are that positively bring changes in student’s performance, such as having friends within the school, honesty, obedience, participating in extra-curricular activities, etc. • The school environment gives a peaceful state of mind, relaxation, good air, which refreshes the mind for the students to concentrate on studies. • It makes them comfortable and happy to learn new things.

5. The top international school in Chennai provides a stress-free and creative learning environment for the students to explore in many things. • The Schools also provide students a safe atmosphere in which to nurture and improve emotionally, behaviorally, and academically. • Children learn best in an excellent atmosphere, and it also helps them to extend relationships with others. • In this article, let us discuss the various methods to create a safe learning environment for your students.

6. Build A Strong Classroom Community • Building a strong classroom community helps to improve the teacher-student bond and student-student bond with friendship, skills, and contacts. • Teachers can use some activity to create bonds such as using pair work, group activity, get acquainted, and provide an opportunity for the students to mingle with students they don’t interact with as frequently. • Moreover, try to connect students with the community through discussion, field trips, conducting events, and arranging guest lectures.

7. Build Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy • These days, students are creating negative feelings about themselves as a result of failure experienced in their lives, dropping studies, failed in exams, not able to study well, and read or write enough to perform well in the classroom. • Ensure that students experience success at their first attempt because the first experience leads to positive thoughts in life. • Due to various learning barriers, students may often take a long time in the learning process. So, you have to be patient while handling the students and motivate them to learn frequently.

8. Motivate Students • The main key factor for student’s success is motivation. By involving students as an active participant in the learning environment help them learn to make, writing, creating, solving, and designing. • Be enthusiastic when you teach because a teacher’s enthusiasm is an important factor in a student’s motivation. • When possible, allow the students to make their own choice, such as let them select the topic for study, and select the location for field trips from given options. • To motivate students, vary your teaching methods and add methods like debates, discussion, demonstrations, case studies, role-playing, and presentations in your teaching.

9. Use Positive Nonverbal Communication • The main important component in the teaching process is Nonverbal communication. • It is not only what you speak to your students that is important but also the way you convey the message to them. • The proper nonverbal communication helps you to become a good receiver of student’s messages and better sender of signals/messages that support learning.

10. The following ideas help you to explore nonverbal behaviors Eye contact • Eye contact is very important in teaching. • It helps to open the flow of communication. • And through eye contact, the teacher can easily convey ideas, give warmth, show concern, and gain trustworthiness.

11. Facial expressions • Always have a smiley face. • Smiling allows you to communicate with the students with friendliness and warmth. • Let your students see your beautiful, kind smile often. • And the more smile you give to your students, the more you will receive from them.

12. Posture and gesture • Your posture and gesture also influence the students learning. • Lean slightly forward communication to students shows that you're friendly, approachable, and receptive. • When you speak with students, try to avoid looking at the ceiling or floor or speaking with your back turned, as it shows disinterest in communication.

13. Humor • Make learning environment fun and enjoyable for students. • There is no rule for the teachers to be serious all the time. • Humor is also a kind of teaching tool, so you have to create the circumstances to laugh. • It’s okay to laugh along with the students when crazy things are happening on campus or outside the world.

14. Conclusion • The creative classroom makes the students feel valued and protected. As a parent, you should provide the best international school which provides the best education with an outstanding learning environment for your children.