Classroom

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A university classroom with permanently-installed desk-chairs and green chalkboards.

Clasroom in St. Eunan's College, Letterkenny, Ireland

Classroom of a secondary (high) school in Germany

A classroom is supposed to provide an appropriate learning environment for the students, including the seating arrangements and location of resources as well as other environmental aspects such as lighting and temperature.

Most classrooms have some form of large writing surface on which the teacher or instructor can make notes for the class to see. Traditionally this was in the form of a blackboard though these are becoming less common in affluent schools, replaced by flipcharts, whiteboards and interactive whiteboards. Many also have a method of projecting slides or information. Today, prepackaged PowerPoint disks provided by textbook companies allow teachers or professors to know very little about the subjects they are teaching as they improvise "content" while following PowerPoint outlines projected on screens at the front of the classroom.

Many places can be used as an informal classroom, and this is quite necessary for lessons that require specific resources or a vocational approach. This is known as situated learning.

External links

• Classroom Management Plan at SchoolMarm.org