Academic buildings and their influence on students' wellbeing in higher education institutions
The purpose of this study is to explore the perception of students about aspects of academic building that affect their wellbeing. The study adopts focus group discussion using semi structured interview guide to elicit their responses. Six different groups of students participated in the study. Inte...
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| author | Sapri, Maimunah Muhammad, Shehu Sipan, Ibrahim |
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| description | The purpose of this study is to explore the perception of students about aspects of academic building that affect their wellbeing. The study adopts focus group discussion using semi structured interview guide to elicit their responses. Six different groups of students participated in the study. Interviews were recorded using digital audio recorder and were later transcribed to text. The qualitative data obtained was analysed through content analysis. Six key themes that emerged from the analysis are: comfort; health and safety; access and quality of facilities; space provision and adequacy; participation and inclusiveness; interaction. These six items are considered as parameters that are important to students' wellbeing in relation to academic buildings. The most emphasised aspects of academic building that are essential to meeting students need include thermal conditions, internet access, furniture, duration of access, availability of refreshment facilities, availability of discussion room and availability of personal workstation. This implies that facilities managers in higher education institutions should give adequate attention to these identified aspects of academic buildings as they can potentially affect students output |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-516992018-10-16T07:30:24Z http://eprints.utm.my/51699/ Academic buildings and their influence on students' wellbeing in higher education institutions Sapri, Maimunah Muhammad, Shehu Sipan, Ibrahim HD Industries. Land use. Labor The purpose of this study is to explore the perception of students about aspects of academic building that affect their wellbeing. The study adopts focus group discussion using semi structured interview guide to elicit their responses. Six different groups of students participated in the study. Interviews were recorded using digital audio recorder and were later transcribed to text. The qualitative data obtained was analysed through content analysis. Six key themes that emerged from the analysis are: comfort; health and safety; access and quality of facilities; space provision and adequacy; participation and inclusiveness; interaction. These six items are considered as parameters that are important to students' wellbeing in relation to academic buildings. The most emphasised aspects of academic building that are essential to meeting students need include thermal conditions, internet access, furniture, duration of access, availability of refreshment facilities, availability of discussion room and availability of personal workstation. This implies that facilities managers in higher education institutions should give adequate attention to these identified aspects of academic buildings as they can potentially affect students output Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 Article PeerReviewed Sapri, Maimunah and Muhammad, Shehu and Sipan, Ibrahim (2014) Academic buildings and their influence on students' wellbeing in higher education institutions. Social Indicators Research, 115 (3). pp. 1159-1178. ISSN 0303-8300 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-013-0262-6 |
| spellingShingle | HD Industries. Land use. Labor Sapri, Maimunah Muhammad, Shehu Sipan, Ibrahim Academic buildings and their influence on students' wellbeing in higher education institutions |
| title | Academic buildings and their influence on students' wellbeing in higher education institutions |
| title_full | Academic buildings and their influence on students' wellbeing in higher education institutions |
| title_fullStr | Academic buildings and their influence on students' wellbeing in higher education institutions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Academic buildings and their influence on students' wellbeing in higher education institutions |
| title_short | Academic buildings and their influence on students' wellbeing in higher education institutions |
| title_sort | academic buildings and their influence on students wellbeing in higher education institutions |
| topic | HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
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