Learning space in public secondary schools for students psychological development and well being
This paper explores on learning spaces in Malaysia's public secondary school as it plays vital role that responds towards students' psychological needs. Past literature on public secondary schools in Malaysia only focuses on teaching and learning methods as well as from the aspect of schoo...
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| author | Ismail, Alice Sabrina Abdullah, Sufrie |
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| description | This paper explores on learning spaces in Malaysia's public secondary school as it plays vital role that responds towards students' psychological needs. Past literature on public secondary schools in Malaysia only focuses on teaching and learning methods as well as from the aspect of school management and maintenance. None of the above literature discusses on how to design appropriate learning space in Malaysian public secondary schools. To conduct this study, qualitative and quantitative methods involving perception of public secondary school students and direct observation on two selected case studies were done to establish appropriate learning space design attributes. There are two key factors that contributed in the psychological development of student in their learning environment. These are the physical classroom aspects like access and circulation, classroom proportion, furniture layout, and technology capability. as well as the the functional characteristics of learning space involving the air quality, room temperature, lighthing dan acoustics. The findings are of benefits for future designers, builders, education providers and related authority to build conducive learning space to improve the quality of public education infrastructure for students learning advancement in the future. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-823942019-10-03T01:04:09Z http://eprints.utm.my/82394/ Learning space in public secondary schools for students psychological development and well being Ismail, Alice Sabrina Abdullah, Sufrie TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering This paper explores on learning spaces in Malaysia's public secondary school as it plays vital role that responds towards students' psychological needs. Past literature on public secondary schools in Malaysia only focuses on teaching and learning methods as well as from the aspect of school management and maintenance. None of the above literature discusses on how to design appropriate learning space in Malaysian public secondary schools. To conduct this study, qualitative and quantitative methods involving perception of public secondary school students and direct observation on two selected case studies were done to establish appropriate learning space design attributes. There are two key factors that contributed in the psychological development of student in their learning environment. These are the physical classroom aspects like access and circulation, classroom proportion, furniture layout, and technology capability. as well as the the functional characteristics of learning space involving the air quality, room temperature, lighthing dan acoustics. The findings are of benefits for future designers, builders, education providers and related authority to build conducive learning space to improve the quality of public education infrastructure for students learning advancement in the future. 2018 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Ismail, Alice Sabrina and Abdullah, Sufrie (2018) Learning space in public secondary schools for students psychological development and well being. In: 2nd Asia International Multidisciplinary Conference (AIMC 2018). |
| spellingShingle | TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Ismail, Alice Sabrina Abdullah, Sufrie Learning space in public secondary schools for students psychological development and well being |
| title | Learning space in public secondary schools for students psychological development and well being |
| title_full | Learning space in public secondary schools for students psychological development and well being |
| title_fullStr | Learning space in public secondary schools for students psychological development and well being |
| title_full_unstemmed | Learning space in public secondary schools for students psychological development and well being |
| title_short | Learning space in public secondary schools for students psychological development and well being |
| title_sort | learning space in public secondary schools for students psychological development and well being |
| topic | TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
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