Did you know?
- 90% of classrooms are still arranged in the traditional rows.
- Popular arrangements that promote student interaction is the horse shoe (or double horse shoe when there’s a lot of students) or groups of 6-10 learners together where their desks face each other.
- Some subjects are more instructive and works better with the students seated in rows while other subjects needs student interaction.
Questions to ask yourself
- Do I want them to choose their own seats or will I assign them seats?
- What do I want to achieve with the way in which I arrange the desks? If for example group work is important you might want to consider arranging the desks in groups.
Tips
- Teachers should be able to move around between desks and students. To put all the desks in rows might make it difficult for you to move around.
- Students might feel more at home when they choose their own seats.
- Research shows that students who has a choice as to where they want to sit is more positively inclined towards the course/subject.
- Students who know that the teacher is moving around between them will be more inclined to do their work.
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