The Safe and Nurturing Living Environment for Urban Children

As an inheritor of the nation’s future, children should be given the assurance to live and grow in the best possible environment. It is our dream that they would become a persevering, progressive and as well as a well-behaved generation both physically and mentally. In order to achieve that, it i...

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Main Authors: Mariatul Liza Meor Gheda, Habizah Sheikh Ilmi
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Published: 2019
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description As an inheritor of the nation’s future, children should be given the assurance to live and grow in the best possible environment. It is our dream that they would become a persevering, progressive and as well as a well-behaved generation both physically and mentally. In order to achieve that, it is important for the children to be provided with a safe and secure environment to grow up. The research objective is to identify the characteristics of safe and nurturing environment for urban children. The data were collected through focus group interviews with children age 10 and 11 in a research participatory workshop in Sekolah Kebangsaan Seksyen 7, Shah Alam. There were 28 students involved in the workshop. The results indicated the two significant characteristics that promote a safe and nurturing environment for children to roam freely are positive parents and community support. (Abstract by authors)
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spelling oai:eprints.oum.edu.my:12782020-12-15T04:59:45Z The Safe and Nurturing Living Environment for Urban Children Mariatul Liza Meor Gheda , Habizah Sheikh Ilmi, HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform As an inheritor of the nation’s future, children should be given the assurance to live and grow in the best possible environment. It is our dream that they would become a persevering, progressive and as well as a well-behaved generation both physically and mentally. In order to achieve that, it is important for the children to be provided with a safe and secure environment to grow up. The research objective is to identify the characteristics of safe and nurturing environment for urban children. The data were collected through focus group interviews with children age 10 and 11 in a research participatory workshop in Sekolah Kebangsaan Seksyen 7, Shah Alam. There were 28 students involved in the workshop. The results indicated the two significant characteristics that promote a safe and nurturing environment for children to roam freely are positive parents and community support. (Abstract by authors) 2019 Article PeerReviewed text https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1278/1/library-document-1278.pdf Mariatul Liza Meor Gheda , and Habizah Sheikh Ilmi, (2019) The Safe and Nurturing Living Environment for Urban Children. Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners, 17 (1). https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1278/
spellingShingle HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Mariatul Liza Meor Gheda ,
Habizah Sheikh Ilmi,
The Safe and Nurturing Living Environment for Urban Children
title The Safe and Nurturing Living Environment for Urban Children
title_full The Safe and Nurturing Living Environment for Urban Children
title_fullStr The Safe and Nurturing Living Environment for Urban Children
title_full_unstemmed The Safe and Nurturing Living Environment for Urban Children
title_short The Safe and Nurturing Living Environment for Urban Children
title_sort safe and nurturing living environment for urban children
topic HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
url https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1278/