Even in challenging contexts with few resources, it is important to pay attention to the principles of a good learning environment. In this video, we see how teacher Moe Moe Oo maximises the resources available in a migrant learning centre to foster a good learning environment.

In the video, Moe Moe Oo embedded the following principles of active learning to help create a safe, inclusive and interactive learning environment:

• Bringing learners together to prepare for learning as a group (using a poem);

• Making resources for students to use to focus their attention in an exercise;

• Creating a competitive game ;

• Engaging every learner in doing something to help the class learn (imitating animal sounds while learning the names of the animals in English);

• Using a quiet exercise to bring learners together after an activity

Exercise: Word Cloud

Reflecting on everything we have discussed so far, what do you think are the key principles of a supportive learning environment? Add your principles to the Word Cloud. Afterwards, click the back arrow in your browser to return here.

Over to you

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• In your experience, can these principles apply equally to all learning contexts? For example, can they still be applied in settings of conflict and displacement?

• If you have tried implementing these principles, have you encountered any problems making them work in practice? How did you address these issues?

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