1. Classroom Environment
Dimensional Analysis—A Review

2. Environmental Dimensions
Academic
Physical
Emotional
Social

3. Academic Pedagogy Vs. Instruction Curriculum Instruction
Cultivation of Independent Thinkers

4. Physical
School setting
Classroom setting
Safety and Security

5. Emotional
Student perceptions of classroom affect
Teacher perceptions

6. Perceived Status of the Classroom Relational
Social
Perceived Status of the Classroom
Relational
Teacher/student
Student/Student (Inter- and Intra-)

7. Other Dimensions or Components of Dimensions?

8. Population Dimensions
Cultural
Linguistic
Developmental/Ability

9. Cultural
Population
Racial Diversity and heterogeneity
Ethnic diversity and heterogeneity
Gender
Trans- and Inter-gender
Intersectional, Inter- and Intra-population interactions
Teacher to student and student to teacher cultural differences

10. Linguistic Range of English academic proficiency
Pre-requisite language ability for any particular task
Teacher capacity and resources to support diverse linguistic abilities
Accommodations
Adaptations
Modifications

11. Developmental/Ability
Range of learning and developmental abilities in the class (IEPs, 504, PTSD of different sorts)
Teacher capacity and resources available for
Accommodations
Adaptations
Modifications

12. In Content Groups Identify content-
specific environmental dimensions for a subject area classroom
Discuss Population dimensions that might affect your classroom
Discuss your working teaching unit and how to account for environmental and population dimensions

13. This Discussion is an Analysis of “Classroom Dynamics”

14. Supporting References
Gillen, A., Wright, A., & Spink, L. (2011). Student perceptions of a positive climate for learning: a case study. Educational Psychology in Practice, 27(1),
Petrillo, G., Capone, V., & Donizzetti, A. R. (2016). Classroom sense of community scale: Validation of a self‐report measure for adolescents. Journal of Community Psychology, 44(3),
Dooly, D. L. (2017). Living and learning beyond one dimension. Knowledge Quest, 46(1), 26.