3.2. Result of teachers’ perception
Table 3 below will show results of teachers’ perception of a conventional classroom. Based on this study, it is found that 80 percent teachers agree that classroom brightness is acceptable for learning and teaching process (mean 3.79). 80 percent disagree that they had to change their classroom seating arrangement regularly (mean 3.79). The teachers felt that they can’t change the seating arrangement due to the number of students in the classroom. However, the teachers agree that seating arrangement plays an important role in order to attract students in the learning process. 90 percent teachers agree that current classroom has an interior variety (mean 3.90) and 60 percent teachers agree that their current classroom needed to add new furniture setting in order to improve their classroom physical environment.
20 percent teachers agree to get students’ involved in classroom arrangement and decorating, but 80 percent disagree with this statement. They felt that the students can’t get involved in classroom arrangement because classroom arrangement is related to the classroom management which the teachers as leader need to choose to suit the students’ behavior. It is also related to the classroom control and pedagogical approach that the teacher used in the learning and teaching process. Nevertheless, 100 percent teachers agree that they want their classroom facing the school gardens. Teachers believe that facing the school gardens make the students feel more comfortable and focused during the learning process, and it will increase enthusiasm in teaching and learning process. For overall preferences, 90 percent teachers agree that changes on space and furniture layout setting needed to be implemented.
Table 3. Categories of Section B Questions (Teachers’ perception of current classroom)
No. Categories Mean Score
1. Classroom Brightness 3.79
2. Seating Arrangement 3.79
3. Interior Variety 3.90
4. Furniture Setting 3.00
5. Students’ Participation in Classroom 1.87
6. View to Outdoors 4.00
7. Overall Preference 3.89 are
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additional items that teachers had listed in their wish poem compared to the students list. The teachers also listed to have lockers for students, an air-conditioning classroom space, reading space in the classroom and grouping tables. However, additional space and fewer students in the classroom had become the most important item in the list. Teachers also added to the list of having a one session school. They preferred to have LCD projector or ICT equipment for each classroom in the school. They hoped that furniture especially chairs and tables are designed to suit the size of students’ for example, bigger students as opposed to smaller students. Lastly, the teachers want good natural ventilation system flow into their classrooms.
Phase two questionnaires showed that 5 out of 10 teachers agree to choose layout F as the preferred layout for their classroom arrangement. 30 percent teachers prefer the conventional layout of their classroom and 10 percent teachers choose to have both layout B and D in their classrooms. However, the teachers did not choose layout C and E because it has a same style which is U-shape layout. Teachers perceived that the U-shape arrangement is not suitable in the classroom because it will disturb the student attention and focus during the teaching and learning process. It is because students are facing each other and it will encourage the students to talk and play than have a discussion among them. 3 out of 10 teachers that chose the current layout felt that this is the suitable layout to help the teachers in controlling and managing their classroom. Teacher that chose layout B stated that the suitable layout for the