City edutainment for educational and social justice for early childhood

• Main Authors: Rusman, N. S., Ismail, Hairul Nizam
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: L Education (General); TH434-437 Quantity surveying
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91522/1/HairulNizamIsmail2020_CityEdutainmentforEducationalandSocialJustice.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91522/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/447/1/012008

Increasing demand for education-based facilities has shown high expectation towards better city function and quality of life. The needs for entertaining and being educated by its population lead to the concept of city edutainment. In this context, concept of city edutainment is rapidly growing to fulfil the needs of the early childhood through a medium that both educates and entertains. Edutainment concept is seen as a new image approach to increase profile of these tourism attractions targeting school group as market segment. It can be seen from the establishment of several edutainment attractions in big cities. However, there are still limited discussions as to what extent the edutainment's concept fit into the needs of the educational purposes programs and later influence the city development. Hence, this study attempted to discuss the fundamental concept of edutainment, social justice in education, and the way of edutainment in the city influences the early childhood development through learning. The study shows that edutainment facilities are important elements for both urban planning and education. The understanding provides the opportunity to enhance the learning experience's quality in the city. Thus, encourage the provision of tourism-recreational use settings that are more efficient and contribute to nation growth.