In the 1960s and prior the preponderance of classrooms had students seated at individual desks spaced apart or in lecture halls with seats separated by tiers and all facing the same direction.
Classroom desk arrangements for 22 students.
A few of the items they need to decide include where to place the teacher s desk how to arrange student desks and even whether to use a seating chart at all.
They are closely associated with the open learning spaces trend that has taken hold in the past decade.
I ve definitely found my favorite.
These two arrangements are a great way to include a lot of desks in a little area.
You ve searched the deepest corners of the internet to find creative lesson plans.
Here are some tips on finding the perfect desk configuration that fits your teaching style your students and your classroom space.
While all the photos show options for 20 students feel free to place an additional student on the end of one of the groups if needed.
You ve stayed after school to give.
This section is for class sizes of 22 23 students.
Workstations are a very popular classroom layout today.
I m always tripping over someone or something.
The students are able to work in a discussion format and.
Groups of 9 and 12.
Classroom layout is one of the key decisions that teachers need to make when they begin a new school year.
While all the photos show options for 22 students feel free to place an additional student on the end of one of the groups if needed.
It will take up far less of the classroom than other.
Class sizes were much larger and space per seat much less than today s standards.
I currently have 6 small group tables of 5.
The same group of students would be in each classroom all week and then the room could be thoroughly cleaned over the weekend before the next group s arrival.
You can still walk around and access each student s desk easily and it makes group or team work easy to manage.
Workstation classroom layouts are very flexible loose free flowing environments but have the in built design intention for students to be working at different tasks depending on the station they are working at.
It s so hard to do anything with 30 desks and 34 students in one hour.
This desk arrangement is more like a competitive arena.
Two large chunks of students comprise this seating arrangement.
Space student desks and seating at least six feet apart.
I really like this arrangement and also works well if you don t have a large room.
This created a large center space that i could stand in to see each student s work.
This section is for class sizes of 20 21 students.
I ve done a lot of experimenting with desk arrangements over the years.
As shown above i began one particular school year with 22 desks in a modified horseshoe shape leaving a small break in the middle and sides of the desk arrangement to use as walk through spaces.
Your classroom seating arrangement is just as important as your syllabus.