A positive learning environment allows students to learn to their full potential. Students must feel safe, secure, and supported before they can be receptive to new learning. Moreover, students' attitudes toward an overall learning situation have a powerful influence on their attitudes toward the learning episode. Meaning, if students feel positive about their learning environment, they are more likely to regard the learning episode as something important, worthwhile, and rewarding.
2. Good teachers empower their students and get them to think beyond themselves with the goal that they will serve others in a positive manner in their own lives today and as adults. They inspire students that they can make an impact in the classroom, in their school, in their town, and even in the world.