Essential Attributes to Stimulate 21st Century Skills amongst Children Learning in Pre-war Schools
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https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v9i30.6242Keywords:
21st Century skills, Children, Learning, Pre-war SchoolsAbstract
Globally, new schools are built according to users' needs and are comparable with the newest pedagogical approach. The efforts, however, raised concern about the affordance of existing school buildings and whether the users are experiencing the present educational transformation. This study, therefore, aims to examine factors that qualify a school to provide twenty-first-century learning, specifically pre-war school buildings in Scotland. Through a focus group design charrette, this study obtained forty-eight primary six children’s perceptions of what the school spaces afford. Schools should provide sufficient learning spaces that are broadly utilized and flexible to provide supplementary learning experiences for children.
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