Reconstructing green school in Malaysia: an outdoor learning experience of Rainbow Troop and Toto Chan

With current development in the pedagogy of teaching and learning approaches in the world, not many studies have been done on outdoor learning in Malaysia. Most of the study was focusing on the development of curriculum and the delivery of knowledge but not many writing and approaches has been done...

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Main Authors: Utaberta, Nangkula, Abdullah, Akmal Goh, Jaafar, Nor Haslina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Jabatan Seni Bina, Fakulti Kejuruteraan & Alam Bina, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35171/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35171/1/Reconstructing%20green%20school%20in%20Malaysia%20an%20outdoor%20learning%20experience%20of%20Rainbow%20Troop%20and%20Toto%20Chan.pdf
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description With current development in the pedagogy of teaching and learning approaches in the world, not many studies have been done on outdoor learning in Malaysia. Most of the study was focusing on the development of curriculum and the delivery of knowledge but not many writing and approaches has been done to see outdoor learning as one of the alternative methods of learning in school design. This paper tries to reconstruct a new framework for elementary school design in Malaysia by introducing a new typology called green school. By referring to the unique approaches of the Rainbow Troops in Indonesia and the story of Toto Chan’s outdoor learning space. It will challenge our perception of Malaysian common school design by introducing more open and outdoor oriented learning approaches. The discussion itself will consist of four (4) main parts First part will discuss on the current problem and situation in teaching and learning in Malaysia, while the second part will try to explore and review on the definition of outdoor learning with its importance and character in learning environment. The third part will focused on the lesson from Natural School approaches and philosophy of learning while the last part will do some analysis and on the 3rd year design studio in architecture department of Universiti Putra Malaysia.
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spelling upm-351712016-10-11T02:47:38Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35171/ Reconstructing green school in Malaysia: an outdoor learning experience of Rainbow Troop and Toto Chan Utaberta, Nangkula Abdullah, Akmal Goh Jaafar, Nor Haslina With current development in the pedagogy of teaching and learning approaches in the world, not many studies have been done on outdoor learning in Malaysia. Most of the study was focusing on the development of curriculum and the delivery of knowledge but not many writing and approaches has been done to see outdoor learning as one of the alternative methods of learning in school design. This paper tries to reconstruct a new framework for elementary school design in Malaysia by introducing a new typology called green school. By referring to the unique approaches of the Rainbow Troops in Indonesia and the story of Toto Chan’s outdoor learning space. It will challenge our perception of Malaysian common school design by introducing more open and outdoor oriented learning approaches. The discussion itself will consist of four (4) main parts First part will discuss on the current problem and situation in teaching and learning in Malaysia, while the second part will try to explore and review on the definition of outdoor learning with its importance and character in learning environment. The third part will focused on the lesson from Natural School approaches and philosophy of learning while the last part will do some analysis and on the 3rd year design studio in architecture department of Universiti Putra Malaysia. Jabatan Seni Bina, Fakulti Kejuruteraan & Alam Bina, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35171/1/Reconstructing%20green%20school%20in%20Malaysia%20an%20outdoor%20learning%20experience%20of%20Rainbow%20Troop%20and%20Toto%20Chan.pdf Utaberta, Nangkula and Abdullah, Akmal Goh and Jaafar, Nor Haslina (2014) Reconstructing green school in Malaysia: an outdoor learning experience of Rainbow Troop and Toto Chan. Journal of Design + Built, 7. ISSN 1985-6881 http://spaj.ukm.my/jsb/index.php/jdb/article/view/149
spellingShingle Utaberta, Nangkula
Abdullah, Akmal Goh
Jaafar, Nor Haslina
Reconstructing green school in Malaysia: an outdoor learning experience of Rainbow Troop and Toto Chan
title Reconstructing green school in Malaysia: an outdoor learning experience of Rainbow Troop and Toto Chan
title_full Reconstructing green school in Malaysia: an outdoor learning experience of Rainbow Troop and Toto Chan
title_fullStr Reconstructing green school in Malaysia: an outdoor learning experience of Rainbow Troop and Toto Chan
title_full_unstemmed Reconstructing green school in Malaysia: an outdoor learning experience of Rainbow Troop and Toto Chan
title_short Reconstructing green school in Malaysia: an outdoor learning experience of Rainbow Troop and Toto Chan
title_sort reconstructing green school in malaysia: an outdoor learning experience of rainbow troop and toto chan
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35171/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35171/1/Reconstructing%20green%20school%20in%20Malaysia%20an%20outdoor%20learning%20experience%20of%20Rainbow%20Troop%20and%20Toto%20Chan.pdf