Evaluating nursery kids persona through environmental psychology
By: Samyuktha, S
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Contributor(s): Jagadisan, Sharmila.
Publisher: Mumbai The Indian Institute of Architects 2023Edition: Vol.88(1), Jan.Description: 12-18p.Subject(s): ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)Online resources: Click here
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Journal of the Indian institute of architects :(JIIA)Summary: Preschools are systems in which the environment is considered
fundamental for any child development as they involve many
interacting factors that are pedagogical, physical, socio-cultural,
motivational, and socio-economic. The quality of physical
environment and its features play an important role in children’s
long term personal, cognitive, and emotional development to ensure
holistic learning and growth. Children undergo many transitions
throughout their lives, but one of the most crucial transitions is the
one from a preschool program to kindergarten where from being
egocentric the child becomes very altruistic at this stage. This phase
requires a child-centric environment where they are encouraged
everyone to explore naturally, with great curiosity. Kindergarten
built spaces should be designed in a very thoughtful and responsible
way as it is the immediate environment that stimulate our senses,
observational and social skills. As we consider environment as a
third teacher, in essence, kindergarten is a ‘space for children’s life,
growth, and entertainment’. This research identifies the criteria
of space-planning and issues as per psychological principles by
analyzing three successful case studies as the subject matter in
designing the physical learning environment of kindergarten in India.
The outcome will be prescriptive design strategy to understand
the effective kindergarten design requirements in terms of child
psychology, safety, functionality, and efficiency.
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Preschools are systems in which the environment is considered
fundamental for any child development as they involve many
interacting factors that are pedagogical, physical, socio-cultural,
motivational, and socio-economic. The quality of physical
environment and its features play an important role in children’s
long term personal, cognitive, and emotional development to ensure
holistic learning and growth. Children undergo many transitions
throughout their lives, but one of the most crucial transitions is the
one from a preschool program to kindergarten where from being
egocentric the child becomes very altruistic at this stage. This phase
requires a child-centric environment where they are encouraged
everyone to explore naturally, with great curiosity. Kindergarten
built spaces should be designed in a very thoughtful and responsible
way as it is the immediate environment that stimulate our senses,
observational and social skills. As we consider environment as a
third teacher, in essence, kindergarten is a ‘space for children’s life,
growth, and entertainment’. This research identifies the criteria
of space-planning and issues as per psychological principles by
analyzing three successful case studies as the subject matter in
designing the physical learning environment of kindergarten in India.
The outcome will be prescriptive design strategy to understand
the effective kindergarten design requirements in terms of child
psychology, safety, functionality, and efficiency.
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