- Play this online video ‘What a classroom looks like in 27 countries around the world
- After playing once, assign a classroom (country) to small groups.
- Instruct the students to watch again and try to remember details about their assigned classroom e.g. Malaysia = Group A
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- Are the pupils wearing a uniform?
- Is there classroom indoors or outdoors?
- How many pupils are in the class?
- Are there too many or the right amount?
- What does the classroom look like?
- Ask groups to work on a project to design the perfect classroom.
- They must first interview the others in their group and agree on the following:
- What is the perfect number of pupils?
- What kind of desks are there?
- Do the pupils wear a school uniform?
- What is on the walls?
- Is it indoors or outdoors?
- Do pupils share a desk or does each pupil have their own desk?
- Are there books?
- What kind of technology does it have?
- Can you eat in the classroom?
- Do the pupils stand, walk around, sit at desks or sit in the floor?
- Is it noisy or quiet?
- What other sounds are there? Is there music?
- Is there a class pet
- Groups present their ‘Perfect Classrooms’.
TIP!
- If possible it would be nice to use some of their ideas to redesign your current classroom (even in a small way).
- Here is a useful online tool that students can use to design their classrooms: TIP
This demo video gives a step-to-step guide:
