A quality learning environment is achieved when the classroom or other learning
environment displays “high levels of support for learning” (NSW DET, 2003, p.12).
Dempsey and Arthur-Kelly refer to the classroom environment as the “range of
conditions in the learning setting that interact to influence the learning outcomes from
that setting” (2007, p.110). In such environments, positive relationships are formed
between teachers and students as they work cooperatively in an encouraging
atmosphere.