Through this presentation, I learned that seating plans have a huge impact on shaping student engagement, behaviour, and even their thinking processes. My practicum didn’t give me the flexibility to test different seating plans, but it did leave me with a lot of “what-ifs” about how the classroom environment influences learning. As I dug deeper into this inquiry, I also realized that not all students experience the same seating layout in the same way. Personality, comfort level, and social dynamics all play a role. Doing the activity today helped me see how people physically feel the differences between layouts, instead of just hearing about them theoretically. In the end, we concluded that there isn’t a single best seating plan; it depends on the subject, classroom size, student needs, and the nature of the activity. For Inquiry 2, I would like to explore how the overall classroom setup affects learning, including wall scaffolding, posters that are subject-related, and even visual supports like equations.
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