Classroom Acoustics In The Social And Emotional Development Of Primary School Children

Abstract

Classrooms in school often do not benefit from their own acoustic which constitutes an essential factor in implementing elements with an important role in the social and emotional development of the primary school child. The classroom is the place where the child spends his learning time while at school and occasionally this medium is changed with better acoustic spaces like theatre halls or cinema halls. Even though studies in this area show a high interest on the importance of acoustics in classrooms, the interest displayed from both specialists and the state administration, in Romania relevant regulations are not relative to the current needs of the contemporary education system. The main focus of teachers is to provide children with the best environment and tools for learning in specific accommodating conditions, even though these conditions are often hard to accomplish. Since the development of social and emotional development depends on the external factors along with the internal factors, a necessity for accomplishing a natural environment of learning is the main goal. The research conducted in this paper aims to show correlations between acoustics of a classroom and its implications in the context of social and emotional development of primary school children. The research was conducted in a state school in Cluj-Napoca, Romania