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The Development Of A Handbook For Teachers To Help Them Improve The Physical Environment Of Their Classrooms, Sharon C. Steedley

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Many educators argue that the environment to which a child is exposed every day of his school career can and will have a lasting effect on that child. The physical environment of a classroom setting encompasses many areas, according to this point of view. If this physical environment is inviting, colorful, and gives off a "positive" feeling, then the student will begin to develop more positive feelings toward school and, potentially, more positive attitudes about himself.

In the teaching-learning setting, student and teacher attitude are assumed to work closely together. When both are pleased and happy with their own physical …