Classrooms should promote a welcoming and positive atmosphere. Children should be able to enjoy and look forward to school through extra curricular activities and programs which get students involved in areas other than academics. School should not be viewed as a prison which contains students but rather as a caring community in which the students belong and have responsibilities. It is the teacher's role to establish and maintain an environment conducive to learning. Teaching is a unique and rewarding career.
Individual teachers have different opinions and ideas about the best methods for educating youth.
There should be a balance between the two. This can be achieved by taking content knowledge material and presenting it in a way that requires reasoning and hands-on experience. Children can learn the concepts through their own discoveries. Active learning seems to be more effective because students are involved in the process. Students like to know that the things they learn have a purpose in life.