Find a better environment for teaching abroad

Posted 23 Jul 2010

In a new survey, entitled 2010 School Environment, released on July 22nd, it was found that over half of UK teachers feel that they are teaching in a poor environment, which does not help their students’ behaviour.

Therefore, potential teachers could take a <a href= “http://www.onlinetefl.com/”>TEFL course and <a href= “http://www.onlinetefl.com/tefl-jobs-abroad/”>teach English abroad to avoid the poor environment in schools in the UK.

The main criticism that staff made in the survey was that there was not enough space in which to teach and for students to relax in.

George Muirhead, chair of the National Primary Headteacher’s Association, believes it is vital to maintain schools in the UK and that most of them were built in Victorian times, which has led to the space issues.

He said: “The better the environment in which pupils work, the higher their self-esteem and the better they perform, so the environment is extremely important.”

Furthermore, people teaching English abroad may find a better environment overseas as the classrooms may be larger or the children may be more relaxed.

The survey was conducted by the Teacher Support Network and the British Council for School Environments with the Association of Teachers and Lecturers.

Category: Teaching and Learning