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CONTEXTUAL APPROPRIATENESS: REFLECTIONS ON LEARNING CULTURE, POLICY AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF PRESCHOOLS IN MALAYSIA |
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| Creator | Pearly Lim Pei Li, and Azizi BAHAUDDIN |
| Title | CONTEXTUAL APPROPRIATENESS: REFLECTIONS ON LEARNING CULTURE, POLICY AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF PRESCHOOLS IN MALAYSIA |
| Contributor | - |
| Publisher | TuEngr Group |
| Publication Year | 2562 |
| Journal Title | International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies |
| Journal Vol. | 10 |
| Journal No. | 19 |
| Page no. | 10A19E: 1-12 |
| Keyword | Physical environment, Contextual appropriate, Preschool education, Child development, Preschool quality, Learning culture, Child-centered pedagogy. |
| URL Website | http://tuengr.com/Vol10_19.html |
| Website title | ITJEMAST V10(19) 2019 @ TuEngr.com |
| ISSN | 2228-9860 |
| Abstract | With a physical environment capable of inhibiting or enhancing participation in learning, one way to improve preschool quality is through its physical environment. However, as a universal standard may lead to ill-informed policy decision and allocation of funds (UNESCO,2006), to ensure physical environment recommendations are contextually appropriate, understanding the influences of pedagogy in the National Preschool Curriculum Standard (NPCS), requirements for the preschool establishment and existing learning culture are imperative. This paper investigates contextual appropriateness of preschools in Malaysia reflecting on learning culture, relevant policies and physical environment. The case study approach using qualitative analysis was employed to uncover learning cultures of four for?profit preschools. Insights on pedagogy and guidelines for establishing preschools were obtained through secondary data analysis. Findings indicated that learning culture in preschools differed from child-centred approaches espoused in NPCS while preschool establishment guidelines do not provide adequate strategies for developing physical environment reflective of pedagogies advocated in NPCS. |
