Abstract
Nature-based experiences approached commercial, healthcare and residential premises with green, eco and more sustainable concept features. However, there is limited research on the approach towards school environment especially urban preschool children and on perceptions of facilitators of children’s wellbeing, such as teachers and parents. This research explores whether teachers and parents perceive children to have a preferences and limitation towards nature-based experiences within and outside the school grounds, and whether teachers perceive children close connection towards nature and learn to protect environment in their performance and behavior. A physical environment and attributes to assess nature-based experiences of urban preschool frameworks was developed. Three case study of preschools in Klang Valley, Malaysia were assessed against this framework, and teachers were interviewed, and parent were surveyed. The results suggest the urban planning plays important roles in encouraging nature-based experiences, the well-designed infrastructure will contribute towards overall connection to nature. For some aspects, the awareness parents on the benefits of bringing children closer to nature is still low.
Presenters
Farhana Mohammed IsaStudent, Phd in Architecture, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Nature-Based Experiences, Preschool Design, Urban, Physical Environment, Attributes
