Reflection: Learning environment research: a review of the literature by Scott L. Walker (2004)

Researcher Helping Practitioner
As a teacher, we are many times immersed in the daily tasks of teaching and sometimes do things mostly based on how we ourselves were taught. Sometimes, we don’t have time for reflecting on our teaching. This is where researchers come in. One of the many things teachers/the practitioner fail to reflect on is the learning environments. Reading Walker’s article, which explains the “evolution of psychosocial learning environment” (from the “history of psychosocial environment research” p. 3, to “contemporary researches on psychosocial environments” p. 5 , to “evolution of learning environments research” p. 6, to “learning environments and its influence on student outcome ” p. 7), it is amazing that there has been so much work done to study the learning environments, environment meaning the “psychosocial environment”. Underlying these researches is after all the goal of helping the child become better learners, learn more, like learning. And, as a student teacher, it is my mission then to use this knowledge to help improve the situation in my environment where I can effect change.