标题:Children Drawing: Interpreting School-group Student's Learning and Preferences in Environmental Education Program at TanjungPiai National Park, Johor Malaysia
摘要:The aim of the study is to analyze children's drawings on their environmental learning experiences and preferences of a one day Environmental Education program at TanjungPiai National Park (TNTP) in Johor, Malaysia. Research participants were among primary school students who joined the program. The students are representing two demographic groups of either, rural or urban children. Students were asked to draw on one of their most preferred environmental learning activities during the program; their subjected learning; as well as portraying the character of the learning environment. Their responses were analyzed through two analytical perspectives of interpreting children's drawings within the context of the children's obtainable knowledge and the children's preferences of outdoor environmental education approach adapted throughout the EE program at TanjungPiai National Park, Malaysia. Findings of this study suggested a significant positive relationship between children's level of environmental learning among urban children and their preferences in particular towards outdoor physical and cognitive interpretations within active environment.
关键词:Outdoor environmental education;drawings;primary school students;national park