Tuncer, Murat Fırat University - Faculty of Education - Department of Educational Sciences, Turkey , Bal, Sevil Fırat Üniversitesi - Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Turkey , Özüt, Aytaç Fırat Üniversitesi - Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Turkey , Köse, Nihat Fırat Üniversitesi - Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Turkey

Evaluation of Several Learning Environment Variablesat Secondary Institutions

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Health is an issue whose importance needs to be focused in the learning environment and learning activities in education. The level of teaching and learning is known to effect health of learners. Learning environments are teeming with many variables. Ambient temperature, noise, humidity and illumination are a few of them. If these variables are outside the specified limits for ambient levels this may need to a loss of learning and adversely affect the health of learners. This research was conducted to evaluate this aspect at institutions of secondary education in Turkey. The literature discusses the findings of various measurements that were taken with a variety of devices such as the Environment Meter-DT 8820, GMI PN 66094 and AARONIA AG SPECTRAN at randomly selected schools and classes. The temperature and carbon dioxide values in the classrooms were outside the defined limits according to research findings. In addition, many classrooms had noise levels above limits which could impair human health and some color selections in classrooms were made incorrectly. When the results of the findings are analyzed, we find the learner’s metabolism is negatively affected; attention loss and serious health problems may be experienced in the long run. It is highly recommended that laws and regulations regarding school construction and settlement be enacted and that precise limits be defined in those laws. In addition, it is thought establishing electromechanical systems to measure indoor and outdoor air quality in classrooms would bring benefits.

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Learning Environment , Learning Health , Secondary Schools , Indoor Air Quality , Class

Gaziantep University Journal Of Social Sciences

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