Research Article
Exploring Children Preferred Outdoor Landscape Elements for Education
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.24-8-2021.2315049, author={Marina Abdullah and Mohd Zulhaili Teh and Helmi Hamzah and Khalilah Hassan}, title={Exploring Children Preferred Outdoor Landscape Elements for Education}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Design Industries \& Creative Culture, DESIGN DECODED 2021, 24-25 August 2021, Kedah, Malaysia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={DESIGN-DECODED}, year={2022}, month={3}, keywords={children element preferred outdoor landscape}, doi={10.4108/eai.24-8-2021.2315049} }- Marina Abdullah
Mohd Zulhaili Teh
Helmi Hamzah
Khalilah Hassan
Year: 2022
Exploring Children Preferred Outdoor Landscape Elements for Education
DESIGN-DECODED
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.24-8-2021.2315049
Abstract
The virtual world today rejects the needs for children to explore and be active with outdoor spaces. These lead to children‘s poor mental, physical and social growth development. To justify and understand the outdoor needs of early childhood development , it is essential to address and enhance the significance of outdoor landscape elements. Therefore, this study aims to explore children‘s preferred outdoor landscape elements in their early education stage. The study used pictorial techniques, interview and behaviour observation towards the children aged 5 to 6 years old from selected preschools at Seri Iskandar Perak. The results indicate that the play structure elements in outdoor spaces are the most preferred for childhood education.