Session 4-Reflections on what I have learnt today.

This morning we started by looking at what defines the school learning environment. The points were contributed by the coursemates. We listed a number of items and after that we categorized these items into three categories: Students, Teachers and School.

Next, we looked at the dimensions of one of the instruments used in the assessment of learning environment: School Level Environment Questionaire(SLEQ).

Just before lunch, we broke into groups and did a case study on the positive and negative aspects of the learning environment of an actual school in Singapore. We put up our discussion points onto powerpoint slides and shared with the rest of our coursemates. During the discussion, it was interesting to hear Sushi talked about the situation in her school where she witnessed a change of learning environment from a not so positive one to one that is.

After lunch, we used the SLEQ to collect data on the course. First we answered the "Preferred Form" followed by "Actual Form". After that, as a group we input the data that we have collected into the spreadsheet file that Dr Quek sent us.

I look forward to tomorrow's session where we will learn how to use SPSS to analyse the results of the survey.