Effects of Conducive School Environment to Humanities and Social Sciences Grade 11

students in Tanauan Institute, Inc.- Senior High-school Department.

Abstract

In researcher’s studies, it is important to have a good and comfortable environment in our

school. A conducive school is an environment where knowledge is acquired at various level. The

study explores the impact of a conducive school environment on learner’s motivation towards

their learning. This study sought to know the effect of school environment on student’s

commitment toward learning among secondary school in Tanauan Institute Inc. The interview

questionnaire was distributed among Humanities and Social Sciences grade 11 students to

explore their perceptions regarding the positive or negative impact of their school environment

over their motivation. At the end, implications of the study, conclusion and recommendation

where given.

Keywords - Conducive School Environment, Classroom Management, Students, Teachers.

Introduction development, as schools serve as a

second home for learning. Key

Learning Liftoff (2017) stated
elements include proper equipment,
it is no surprise that students achieve
comfortable spaces, and
better results when they study in a
understanding students' learning
positive environment. After all, most
styles. Creating a community and
people would agree that certain
accepting diverse backgrounds,
environments are conducive to
values, beliefs, and religions are
learning and academic achievement.
crucial for fostering a positive
According to Katt Mill (2019)
learning environment. Improved
A conducive learning environment is
school facilities, particularly in rural
essential for children's future
schools, positively impact learning (SEL) contribute to a

enrollment, attendance, and academic school's psycho-social climate.

achievement. The Philippines Public

Ziwira (2015) defined a
Education Expenditure Tracking and
conducive school environment is a
Quantitative Service Delivery Study
platform for free idea exchange,
(PETS-QSDS) focuses on DPWH's
fostering a community, with the
school infrastructure projects.
teacher as the head and commanding

Researchers aim to respect.

understand how students feel when

Classrooms are crucial for a
their school has a conducive
child's growth, and effective
environment.
instruction requires understanding

This paper aims to know the how to affect the environment.

positive effects of conducive school Schools play a significant role in

environment on Humanities and teaching future members of society,

Social Sciences grade 11 students. so precautions must be taken to

ensure a successful learning

According to UNESCO
environment. (Hannah, 2013)
(2021) Positive psycho-social school

environments foster efficient A productive learning

teaching and learning by balancing environment is crucial for children's

psychological aspects and social academic, emotional, and social

experiences. Factors such as development. It requires effort,

interpersonal relationships, planning, and deliberate actions,

instructional strategies, classroom including pleasant interactions and

management, student well-being, encouraging educational activities.

violence, and social and emotional (Becton, 2017)

 Students excel in schools with understand the psycho-social factors

adequate resources, qualified faculty, influencing students' academic

and a welcoming environment. performance and help improve their

(Mudassir and Norsuhaily, 2015) performance. (Daniel K Korir and

Felix Kipkemboi, 2014)

This paper examines the

relationship between school climate (Gardner 2013) defined

and peer effects on students' Multiple Intelligence Theory

academic performance using Albert suggests that learning materials

Bandura's Social Learning should be presented in various ways,

Hypothesis. Twenty-one public regardless of the subject being taught.

secondary schools in Vihiga County This approach helps students learn

participated in the study, using and improves content acquisition.

multiple regressions and Gardner's theory can be applied to

questionnaires. The study found that curriculum development, lesson

school climate and peer impact planning, course activity selection,

significantly impact students' and assessment strategies. Educators

academic performance. The study should consider their students'

suggests that head teachers and strengths and weaknesses, and design

educators should improve a positive classes that allow students to study

learning environment, provide material in various ways. This

sufficient learning opportunities, and approach enhances student learning

encourage interest in students. Peer by incorporating meaningful

level factors also have a relationship methods, activities, and assessments.

with students' academic performance.

Researchers have found that
The findings will be valuable for
public school teachers underestimate
educators, leaders, and parents to
the academic success potential of
black students, place low cognitive development and critical

expectations on them, and thinking. Teachers should encourage

discriminate against cultural students to explore and question the

differences. To address this, world, rather than memorizing facts

academics have developed asset- and figures. Constructivist learning

based pedagogy, which incorporates theory acknowledges that each

students' cultural identities and lived student brings a unique experience

experiences into the classroom. and that prior knowledge influences

These approaches focus on their ability to learn. Block-building

marginalized communities and learning methodology, a problem-

enable lifelong learning and critical based approach, puts the learning

thinking. However, a bill banning experience in the hands of students,

critical race theory in K-12 schools allowing them to make conceptual

and limiting classroom discussion on connections. Pedagogy, consisting of

race, gender, and sexuality is being active learning strategies in social

debated in states. Some politicians and cognitive realms, fosters a

mix culture-oriented education with supportive learning environment

discrete academic approaches, through dialogue between students.

potentially undermining efforts to

Abbott (2014) emphasizes the
achieve equity in schools. (Will and
importance of the school
Najarro, 2022)
environment in teaching and

Structural Learning (2021) learning. The educational setting

defines that Constructivism is a encompasses various physical, social,

learning theory that emphasizes and cultural aspects, including

active construction of understanding outside-of-school locations and

through experience, focusing on outdoor settings. The classroom

environment influences students' questionnaires were created by the

learning capacity, safety, and researcher and examined, validated,

comfort, and can either improve or given, and interpreted in accordance

hinder their learning experience. The with the goals of the current study.

physical environment, including

The contents of our research
room size, lighting, seating
were mostly obtained by searching
arrangement, and noise levels,
for related topics that are the same as
significantly impacts the learning
our research topic the researchers
process. Teachers' support and
find related study citing an article,
nurturing of the learning environment
research papers, websites, journal,
can either enhance or hinder a
and online sites to find more support
student's learning experience.
to our research study and the

Materials and Methods researchers conduct this study to help

others students and people for their

The researchers used this
future research and study.
approach to quickly gather

information from the participants that

might benefit our research study. The

Results and Discussions
researcher used the technique known
In question number 1 “Why is
as descriptive analysis and the
a comfortable environment
interview transcripts as the material
important during studying?”,
for our research.
participants 1,2,3,4,5 answered
5 students from Tanauan
Having a comfortable environment
Institute Inc. who were enrolled in
makes them focus in their studies.
the Humanities and Social Sciences
(How your surroundings affect the
track in Grade 11 made up the study's
way you study. Hendrix (2019)
responses. The interview
found that learning environments noise levels affect teachers and

significantly impact student students' attractiveness. The learning

achievement, with positive environment a teacher fosters can

environments boosting motivation, either enhance or hinder a student's

engagement, and overall learning learning experience. Meanwhile,

ability. Bad environments, such as participant 3 answered He feel safe

uncomfortable, loud, or distraction- and protected. (Waldman (2016)

filled spaces, make it challenging for emphasizes the importance of

students to retain information and students feeling protected, accepted,

maintain attention. Creating a perfect encouraged, and valued in the

learning environment is crucial for classroom. Personalized instruction,

optimal study habits. critical thinking, collaboration,

effective communication, and

In question number 2 “How
academic attitudes boost engagement.
do you feel when your classroom is
A sense of community with peers,
neat and comfortable?” participants
instructors, and staff is crucial for
1,2,4,5 answered If their classroom
academic success. Support from all
is feeling comfortable, they will be
stakeholders, including professors,
calm and they can easily learn all
peers, administrators, families, and
the lectures or lessons that their
neighbors, is essential for success.
teachers thought them. (According

to Abbott (2014) The classroom In question number 3 “How

environment, also known as the important is having a comfortable

classroom setting, significantly and clean school environment in

impacts a student's learning capacity your school?”, participants 2,3,4

and comfort. Factors like room size, answered It is very important

lighting, seating arrangement, and because cleanliness and

comfortableness are necessary on follow the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse,

studying. (According to COX (2019) Recycle). (According to MacDonald

Maintaining a clean classroom (2020) Reducing, reusing, and

environment is crucial for germ recycling are essential environmental

prevention, odor control, and practices that can significantly reduce

smoother learning. Teaching environmental impact. Recycling is

strategies to maintain a tidy accessible but not the best option, as

environment prepares students for it is the least environmentally

real-life situations and supports friendly. Reducing hazardous

school success. Meanwhile, substance consumption is crucial for

participants 1,5 answered It will reducing environmental impact.

maintain our healthiness. Reusing items takes less energy to

(According to Bee Line (2019) produce and recycle than producing

Allergies and asthma symptoms can multiple items. To reduce and reuse

disrupt learning in young children, items, consider the following ways

especially dust, pollen, and mold. before recycling them. Meanwhile,

Maintaining a clean school participants 2,5 anwered Be

environment reduces mold risk, dust organized. (Ryan (2013) said, A

mite accumulation, and pollen teacher's classroom setup and control

accumulation, allowing students to can have a positive or negative

focus on the lesson rather than impact on their students. Lack of

symptoms. enthusiasm or pessimism can

negatively affect students, while

In question number 4 “What
positive and inspired teachers can
can you suggest to make our school
positively impact their students.
environment proper?”, participants
Teachers must understand the
1,3,4 answered We should do and
relationship between cause and effect
to create an improved learning conducive to learning in which all

environment. Classroom students feel comfortable expressing

organization, student relationships, themselves and working

accessibility, and resources impact collaboratively.

teaching and learning. Non-physical

In question number 6 “What
factors like sound, seating, lighting,
benefits can student get an having
and temperature affect academic
comfortable learning
excellence, emotional environment,
environment?”, participants
and airflow. The classroom setting is
1,2,3,4,5 answered It will give them
crucial for effective instruction and
a courage to study and learn more.
learning.
(Social Learning Theory, introduced

In question number 5 “What by Bandura (2022), suggests

possible results could be achieved if learning occurs through observation,

your school establishes a suitable imitation, and modeling, influenced

environment for learning?”, by factors like attention, motivation,

participants 1,2,3,4,5 answered The attitudes, and emotions. It goes

feeling will be more comfortable beyond behavioral and cognitive

and proper. (According to Yussif theories, focusing on psychological

(2022) A positive classroom effects like attention and memory.)

environment has been shown to have

In question number 7 “What
many benefits for students. These
do you think the good effects of
benefits include improved. academic
proper school environment to the
performance, increased commitment
students and teachers?”,
to learning, and a more positive
participants 1,2,3,4,5 answered They
outlook on life. A well-functioning
will not think of going somewhere
classroom environment is one that is
that is comfortable. (According to
Isleds (2021) Studies show that children need additional support to

students perform best when they feel fill learning and skill gaps, face

comfortable in their environment. greater academic challenges, or boost

These feelings of meaning, their self-confidence. Parents also

belonging, and enjoyment motivate want to enjoy learning.

students when learning gets tough.

In question number 9 “Why is
Students can use this to achieve a
a comfortable environment
higher level of production.)
important to students of Tanauan

In question number 8 “What Institute Inc.?”, participants

are the possible changes when the 1,2,3,4,5 answered It lessen their

comfortable environment is stress and it gives them comfort.

applied?”, participants 1,2 It helps (According to Pascoe (2019) Middle

them to fix their attitudes. and high school students face a

(According to Bandura (2022), variety of ongoing stressors related to

people observe behavior either academic demands. Previous research

directly through social interactions suggests that stress at school can

with others or indirectly by observing lower academic performance, lower

behavior through media. Rewarded motivation, and increase the risk of

behaviors are more likely to be dropping out. Governments lose

imitated, and punishable behaviors billions of dollars each year due to

are avoided.) Meanwhile participants long-term effects, such as the decline

3,4,5 Many people will be in sustainable employment prospects.

influenced to enroll here in our

In question number 10 “What
school. (According to Samuels
are the possible effects of a
(2022) Parents have the insight and
comfortable environment on the
empathy to recognize when their
behavior and learning of the
students at Tanauan Institute

Inc.?”, participants 1,2,3 answered It

help us to be disciplined well and

have a good behavior. (Spencer

(2018) define that, classroom

management is the full control of the

classroom by the teacher through a

variety of strategies and techniques

that encourage positive student

behavior. Meanwhile participants 4,5

answered They will be more

righteous. (Umer (2020) stated that

learning is an observable change in

students' behavior, accruing through

unpredictable behavior during a

learning experience.)