Affordances of homeschool journey in rural environment for children's performances

The study investigated children's performances during homeschool journey in a rural environment through their actualized affordances at a village in Johor, Malaysia. The study was conducted with fifty-four middle childhood children through drawings, interviews and participant observation. The d...

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Main Authors: Yatiman, Noor Ain, Aziz, Nor Fadzila, Said, Ismail
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/34282/
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spelling my.utm.342822017-09-06T05:10:05Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/34282/ Affordances of homeschool journey in rural environment for children's performances Yatiman, Noor Ain Aziz, Nor Fadzila Said, Ismail NA Architecture The study investigated children's performances during homeschool journey in a rural environment through their actualized affordances at a village in Johor, Malaysia. The study was conducted with fifty-four middle childhood children through drawings, interviews and participant observation. The data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Children engaged more with natural elements rather than manmade elements and positively perceived, utilized and shaped the affordances. Therefore there is evidence to suggest that children recognized homeschool journey as their play spaces allowing them to interact with nature and developed their physical, social and cognitive skills, especially for children with high independent mobility. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Yatiman, Noor Ain and Aziz, Nor Fadzila and Said, Ismail (2012) Affordances of homeschool journey in rural environment for children's performances. In: Conference.
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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continent Asia
country Malaysia
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topic NA Architecture
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Yatiman, Noor Ain
Aziz, Nor Fadzila
Said, Ismail
Affordances of homeschool journey in rural environment for children's performances
description The study investigated children's performances during homeschool journey in a rural environment through their actualized affordances at a village in Johor, Malaysia. The study was conducted with fifty-four middle childhood children through drawings, interviews and participant observation. The data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Children engaged more with natural elements rather than manmade elements and positively perceived, utilized and shaped the affordances. Therefore there is evidence to suggest that children recognized homeschool journey as their play spaces allowing them to interact with nature and developed their physical, social and cognitive skills, especially for children with high independent mobility.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Yatiman, Noor Ain
Aziz, Nor Fadzila
Said, Ismail
author_facet Yatiman, Noor Ain
Aziz, Nor Fadzila
Said, Ismail
author_sort Yatiman, Noor Ain
title Affordances of homeschool journey in rural environment for children's performances
title_short Affordances of homeschool journey in rural environment for children's performances
title_full Affordances of homeschool journey in rural environment for children's performances
title_fullStr Affordances of homeschool journey in rural environment for children's performances
title_full_unstemmed Affordances of homeschool journey in rural environment for children's performances
title_sort affordances of homeschool journey in rural environment for children's performances
publishDate 2012
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/34282/
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