A Conducive Learning Environment
education on. The student, especially an online
An online and/or adult student must have an
internal control psych to motivate themselves to
continue and excel in the classes and educational
career they decided to pursue. In education, there
are choices that must be made in order for the adult
student to be successful. One important tool
necessary for the student to succeed is a conducive
learning environment. These environments begin in
the student’s mind at a very young age and are
developed through parents, teachers, staff, and
others connected to the school and educational
environment.
Today various explanations about learning are
available. Some people believe that students learn
either through the natural or biological make up of
the person without any outside influences. These
people believe that there is not any influence from
the environment. While others believe people learn
according to the environment they are involved.
This type of person understands learning is
established through circumstances or the
surroundings. This is proven by the releasing of a
learned habit of doing something and accepting the
new thoughts and ways of doing something. For
example, a child has been taught to print his/her
name by the parent; once this child reaches a certain
level in school, the child is taught to write his/her
name by the teacher in the school environment.
Changing one’s thoughts refers to the process by
which failure leads to further learning; where a new
experience that is contrary to one’s expectations
causes one to change their attitude. (Brown, 2006)
A Conducive Learning Environment
A conducive environment has a positive effect on a
student because it can determine how and what the
person is learning. Conducive environment is
defined as favorable surroundings or conditions.
One would make the environment conducive to
learning starting within. Students should be and are
motivated internally as well as externally. Built in
instructions, found within our genetics drive the
behavior of the student. Meaning the student
should have an excellent base to build their
learner, must learn to control the environment
which they have chosen to complete class work,
homework and study/reading time. The student
must also develop the ability to absorb or ignore the
surroundings available to him/her.
Students in most cases need a well-lit, natural
lighting is best, and ventilated area that is air
conditioned or heated maintaining a certain
temperature for comfort. A student will need the
typical supplies to complete the required
coursework. These supplies and/or tools will come
in handy but the area or environment one is utilizing
to study, complete class work and homework is just
as vital. Students have numerous necessities on a
personal and student level. The environment a
student decides to use for his/her educational
purposes vary from one person to the next. Every
student has a special area that is conducive to the
person’s education. The student should have a
means of self-control.
Success and failure is attributable to forces outside
of themselves. (Sullo, 2007) The student should
have a clean and comfortable environment free
from foul odors and/or over bearing scents or loud
noises to include friends and family. The student’s
environment is a secluded area of sorts. The
conducive learning environment may exist
practically anywhere inside and outside of the
classroom environment solely dependent on the
student. This environment should be a relaxing and
comfortable setting, but not so comfortable that
would be enticing one to sleep or nap, if one were
in a classroom setting, the student would be unable
to nap there.
An education requires outside sources as well;
teachers, instructors, and professors just to name a
few of the sources. They are required to appease to
an environment which is conducive for the student
to learn and for them to be able to teach. An
environment with instruction with the
transformative power of an effective teacher is the
environment one desires and most of all need.
(Tucker & Stronge, 2005) This type of teacher has a
compassion for the subject matter and enjoy their
work and with this excitement he/she has the ability
to convey to the students with ease of reception.
The instructor has received the proper training and
has earned the proper credentials to practice this
type of instruction. (Tucker & Stronge, 2005) The
prior explains that not only the physical
environment, being the building, is of importance to
the student’s educational training but the instructor
is just as if not more important for a conducive
environment.
Learning styles differ from culture to culture or from
background to background. (Brown, 2006) In the
United States, students are taught in an
environment which allows interaction such as
teacher to student and student to student. This is an
acceptable practice while in other environments
which are very formal and controlled, African and
Asian societies fit this description, students are
discouraged or disallowed to voice their own
opinions. Additionally, most parents, teachers and
other mentors enforce strict discipline during the
learning process. (Brown, 2006) However, in other
developed countries such as the US, learning occurs
in a less controlled environment as parents,
teachers and other mentors allow children time to
participate actively in the learning process. (Brown,
2006) Learning habits greatly depends on the nature
of the environment in which the student has
available to him/her.
These would include access to the internet as an
example of a need for further education even at the
elementary school age. The more advanced the
technology the more likely the student will have an
opportunity to learn a greater deal of education
than those without. Students with access to text
books, internet, supplies, a feasible area or work
space, and an instructor that is qualified and
certified stands an immense opportunity to be
successful in the educational training they require as
primary students and seek as a secondary student.
A student’s success is based on the environment
that the student has available to them to be
educated. In order for this environment to be a
conducive environment the student requires certain
entities to be met in order for each individual
student to receive just what they are seeking.
The student must have an area that is personable for
them for their comfort. They must also have
available to them an instructor which is qualified to
teach the students. Proper equipment to include
text books or e-books, well written lectures and well
taken notes, and interaction between the student
and faculty are just the basics of what a student
need to be successful. The most significant element
of a conducive environment is the student’s “I can
be successful in my education attitude” . Without a
mindset of being able to complete or conquer any
challenges that will come to the student, the
student will not be successful. With that said, the
most conducive environment begins internally.
The student has to want, need, and desire the
success of being educated in order to recognize and
build the perfect conducive learning environment.
In conclusion, different environments may be
conducive or distracting for the student. A student’s
cultural rearing is an influence on their access to
necessary resources as well as the style of learning
the student has. They may be influenced with a
teacher-centered learning environment and the
student may or may not have active roles in the
class. Families that take interest in the student’s
education play a role with equal importance to that
of the instructor in the learning process. The design
of the classroom, either traditional or online, is an
important portion of a conducive environment