One of the themes of the Early Years Foundation Stage is having an effective learning environment. It is recognised that children develop best in an environment that they are happy and comfortable in, therefore, it is a key responsibility for practitioners to ensure that children are able to experience this setting. A whole-school behaviour policy can be used to support a teacher setting up this environment, however, planned improperly it can become more of a hindrance. It is a legal requirement for all schools in England to have a behaviour policy, upon which teachers base all of their methods of behaviour management. Therefore, a school’s behaviour policy needs to be well-planned in order to full support teachers. This essay will look at what an effective learning environment is,
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It will then look at what a behaviour policy is, what its purpose is, and what a successful behaviour policy should contain. Following that, effective learning environments will be linked to behaviour policies, and finally, the strengths and benefits, and issues and weaknesses of behaviour policies will be examined.
With more value being put onto the environment of a classroom, it is vitally important to understand what an effective learning environment it and why it is so important. According to Development Matters in the Early Years Foundation Stage document, an effective learning environment, or enabling environment, is a setting which, ‘values all people’ and ‘values learning.’ (Early Education, 2012. pg.2) As well as these, there are several other characteristics of an effective learning environment such as, a setting in which children feel comfortable and allowed to make mistakes, improve their methods and ideas to different problems, and a setting that encourages the children to be independent. An effective learning environment should equip them for life as they are growing up and begin the process of preparation for adulthood. An effective
It will then look at what a behaviour policy is, what its purpose is, and what a successful behaviour policy should contain. Following that, effective learning environments will be linked to behaviour policies, and finally, the strengths and benefits, and issues and weaknesses of behaviour policies will be examined.
With more value being put onto the environment of a classroom, it is vitally important to understand what an effective learning environment it and why it is so important. According to Development Matters in the Early Years Foundation Stage document, an effective learning environment, or enabling environment, is a setting which, ‘values all people’ and ‘values learning.’ (Early Education, 2012. pg.2) As well as these, there are several other characteristics of an effective learning environment such as, a setting in which children feel comfortable and allowed to make mistakes, improve their methods and ideas to different problems, and a setting that encourages the children to be independent. An effective learning environment should equip them for life as they are growing up and begin the process of preparation for adulthood. An effective