Principles of Primary School Yard Design Based on Promotion of Learning and EI According to Teachers and Designers point of View

Subject Areas : Architecture and urbanism

Hosna sadat Shams Dolatabadi ¹ , Nilufar Malek ² , Farhang Mozafar ³ , Bahram Saleh Sedghpour ⁴

1 - Ph.D., Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design, Art University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran *(Corresponding Author)
2 - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Design, Art University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
3 - ‌Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Environmental Design, Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran, Iran
4 - Faculty of Humanities, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2018-06-19 Accepted : 2018-09-18 Published : 2020-07-22

Keywords: Design principles, Learning in Natural Spaces, School Open Spaces, Impacts of Space on EI, emotional intelligence,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: Considering the effects that educational open spaces have on students and users of such environments, the study aims to provide guidelines for designing children’s open spaces in primary school based on Promotion of learning and Emotional intelligence. Method: This research is an attempt to identify the factors affecting promotion of learning and emotional intelligence from teachers and designers point of view in school yards to draw the correlation between factors in an analytical model. In this research after setting up the contents of the content table and the questionnaire, the sample size based on Klein's views reached 326 users. The data were analyzed by SPSS version 22 using R factor analysis and model was developed by Amos. Findings: Among the responses of teachers and school designers to the questionnaire, eight factors can be identified. In such a way that for about 72 percent of respondents, a reality has been commonly understood. Discussion and Conclusion: The results of the research show that the effects of natural elements on self-fulfillment, spaces with cultural functions, environments for multisensory play for different ages, the relationship between space and flexible furniture, the semi-private spaces (with supervision), the relationship of various spaces with the presence and learning of children in schoolyard, the relationship between open and closed spaces, the relationship between flexibility and spatial diversity with physical and psychological comfort, can affect schools open spaces to enhance emotional intelligence and learning process.

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