Development of an environmental education program using place-based outdoor learning for elementary school children in Malaysia: a pilot project in Johor Bahru

• Main Authors: Kubota, Tetsu, Said, Ismail, Rasidi, Mohd. Hisyam, Sakamoto, Chiharu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Architectural Institute of Japan 2013
• Subjects: TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/37539/1/IsmailSaid2012_DevelopmentofanEnvironmentalEducationProgram.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/37539/; http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/aije.78.203

This study aims to develop a new environmental education program as part of formal primary education in Malaysia. The program involves various place-based outdoor learning activities such as scientific field measurement. As the first attempt, a pilot project comprising three workshops on neighborhoo...