Creating a Learning-Focused Classroom Culture
Culture is the curriculum of the classroom, frequently hidden from the external observer, but always all too evident to learners. It is the minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day way that learners come to understand their role as a learner. Culture is the enacted values of the teacher, not the espoused ones – it is the shadow that the teacher casts in the classroom in terms of what they do do and what they do not do, what they say and do not say, what they believe and do not believe, what they value and do not value.
There are six sections in this module dealing with shifting to a learning friendly classroom culture:
About classroom culture: describes the necessary shifts in teaching behaviours and learning behaviours;
Plus 4 sections dealing with Relating for Learning; Talking for Learning; Constructing Learning; and Celebrating Learning. Each section offers teaching ideas to help teachers to move gradually ever closer to a learning-friendly culture;
And finally a section to help you to create a plan of action.
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