Another element of the ideal classroom design is the teacher's desk. Traditional teachers often like to place their desks front and center. The not-so hidden message here is "I'm in charge." I am not the least bit naïve for the need for leadership and discipline in the classroom. In the ideal classroom, however, I believe that there is shared leadership and an emphasis on community. When we speak of a community of learners, we need to think carefully about how to create community and what we mean by learning.
If we engineer our classroom design backwards, from the point of view of maximizing student learning, we can begin to think in terms of communication, reflection and reinforcement rather than miscommunication, rote learning and punishment. I would say that many of the discipline problems we encounter in our classrooms stem, in part, from poorly designed classrooms where students can sometimes feel like an alienated audience rather than an engaged community.
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