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Session 13: Setting Up My Classroom

Learning Objective

By the end of this session, participants should:

• Understand the importance of arranging a classroom to improve the learning and engagement of both boys and girls

•Propose ways to make their own classroom set ups more child-centred, inclusive and gender-responsive

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Session 13: Setting Up My Classroom

Activity 1 deliberately uses a bad example of a classroom map. (See Resources 13 b&c) – the idea being that first participants reflect on how it is currently organized and where the students sit, and start to reflect on how to improve it.
In Activity 2 They get to draw their own classroom map as it is now using the same legend or key.
Participants then post their map on the wall…. And use resource 13a to go go around look at the maps and make notes on common things they observe….
There is then a guided discussion about some of the key issues using the questions in activity 2, point 7 and guidance resource 13d.
Ptps are then for ideas on how to improve their maps….. Using the questions in point 8and resource 13 a to guide the discussion

Activity 1 deliberately uses a bad example of a classroom map. See Resource 13 C – the idea being that first participants reflect on how it is currently organized and where the students sit, and reflect on how to improve it. In Activity 2 They get to draw their own classroom map as it is now using te same legend or key. Participants then post their map on the wall…. And use resource 13a to go go around look at the maps and make notes on the common features…. There is then a guided discussion about some of the key issues using the questions in activity 2, point 7 and guidance resource 13d. Ask ptps for ideas on how to improve their maps….. Using the questions in point 8and resource 13 a to guide the discussion. Noted that the map needs to be Laos, but any otherwise, confirm that it is ok.

Symbols show:

Each + shows where a girl sits
Each o shows where a boy sits
Each H shows where a high-performing student sits
Each L shows where a low-performing student sits
Each D shows where a student with a disability sits
Each T shows where a tall student sits
Each x shows where a teacher sits or stands

− If the teacher walks around the classroom often, there should be many “x”s all around the room to show where the teacher usually walks

A squiggly line shows where noise from outside comes from
Each star * shows where students like to sit (the favourite seats in the class)
A sun shows where the light comes from