Seating Arrangments
Session -3

Do Seating Arrangements
have an Impact on Student
Learning????

Are you still teaching in
a 19th century classroom?

…bored in
their learning
environments?
Are your students…

…crammed into
dense seating
arrangements?
Are your students…

Is This Possible a Classroom?

● Share some of the ideas that make a classroom ineffective.
What are Characteristics that
make a classroom ineffective?

Look At Traditional Classroom!

suggestion for creating an effective
classroom environment
• Establish clear expectations
• Foster positive relationships
• Create a safe and welcoming space
• Use a variety of teaching strategies
• Provide timely and specific
feedback
• Incorporate technology
• Model appropriate behaviour.
• Establish fair environment.
• Engage parents and guardians
• Be consistent
• Reinforce and compliment good
behaviour.
• Share personal experiences, such
as goals, accomplishments.
• Be clear about the consequences
for bad behaviour.

Youhave to consider the three main factor:
1) What activities will you teach?
Read a story, small group activities, show a video, have students work
independently, teach a whole group lesson, teach rules and
expectations, taking a test, etc.
What is the mosteffective
arrangement?

2) How many students in your class?
-below 10
-10 to 25
-above 25
3) How big is your class?
-small
-medium
-large or hall

Summarize what
you’ve just learned:

 Row (traditional)
 Cluster/group
 U-sharped/circle

ClassroomArrangement
Traditional Rows

Traditional or Row
Pros
• Teacher center
• Focus on teacher
• Best for large class
• Large space for students
• Giving lecture and explain
lesson
• Q&A session
• Best for exam
Cons
• Disengaging students
• Limits interaction
• Limit observation
• Walk a lot in class (teacher)
• Students at the back seem
to drop off lesson
• High voice

RoomArrangement
Cluster/Groups

Cluster/Group
Pros
• Confidence
• Share knowledge
• Monitor student or work
• Discussion
• Unity
• Being a leader
Cons
• Copy work
• Not listen
• Not work as a group
• Hard to control
• Noisy

RoomArrangement
The Circle

RoomArrangement
The Square

Room Arrangement
The U

U-sharped/circle
• Pros
• Encourage interaction
• Observation/assistance
• Control behavior
• Easy to hear everyone
• Draw attention
• Best for role
playing/physical activities
• Presentation
Cons
• Shy student
• Student numbers
• Require more space
• Need removable desk, table
and chairs

RoomArrangement
Theater-Style

U-sharped/circle
• Pros:
• Space-efficient
• Good visibility
Cons:
• Limited flexibility
• Limited interaction
• Accessibility

Conclusion
• Every teacher likes to arrange their classroom layout for the largest
student benefit. Students need to focus and see what is going on in
the classroom at any given time. Their seating arrangement can help
students learning.
• Although no perfect arrangement exists for all situations, a classrooms
layout may need to change based on what a student needs are and
how the class material is being presented.

ThankYouFor
Attention!

Let’s discuss.
Q&A