Impact of Child-Friendly Campus Landscaping on Learning and Social Behavior

Tongyun Wang; Norhafizah Abdul Rahman; Izham Abdul Ghani; Tim Heath

doi:10.21834/e-bpj.v8i26.5200

Authors

Tongyun Wang Department of Built Environment Studies and Technology, College of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak Branch, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia; 2 School of Fine Arts and Design, Heze University, No. 2269 Daxue Road, Mudan District, Heze City, Shandong Province, China.
Norhafizah Abdul Rahman Department of Built Environment Studies and Technology, College of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi MARA
Izham Abdul Ghani Department of Built Environment Studies and Technology, College of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi MARA
Tim Heath Department of Architecture & Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering University of Nottingham

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v8i26.5200

Keywords:

Child-Friendly Schools, School Landscape, Social Interaction, Mental Health

Abstract

This paper mainly explores the research scope of the impact of a child-friendly campus landscape on children's learning and social behavior, adopts a mixed research method combining qualitative and quantitative research, and selects two primary schools with different landscape characteristics in HeZe City, China as research objects and conducts a comparative study on them. The research data obtained by the comparison show that the child-friendly campus environment can stimulate students' interest in learning and promote interpersonal communication among students. However, the child-friendly campus landscape also has certain limitations, which will be further expanded and improved in future studies.

Author Biographies

Norhafizah Abdul Rahman, Department of Built Environment Studies and Technology, College of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi MARA

Department of Built Environment Studies and Technology, College of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak Branch, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

Izham Abdul Ghani, Department of Built Environment Studies and Technology, College of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi MARA

建筑环境研究与技术系，建筑环境学院，Universiti Teknologi MARA霹雳分院，32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

Tim Heath, Department of Architecture & Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering University of Nottingham

英国诺丁汉大学工程学院建筑与建筑环境系 NG7 2RD，英国

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