Explaining the role of effective factors in the level of learning of primary school students in flexible open spaces of schools (Case example: Mazandaran boys' primary schools

Ghoreishi Galougahi, Seyed Abolghasem; Rajabifar, Behnam; Olia Emadian, Seyedeh

doi:10.22034/ijumes.2024.2041330.1255

Explaining the role of effective factors in the level of learning of primary school students in flexible open spaces of schools (Case example: Mazandaran boys' primary schools

Document Type : Case Study

Authors

Seyed Abolghasem Ghoreishi Galougahi ¹

Behnam Rajabifar ²

Seyedeh Olia Emadian ³

¹ Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Architecture, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran

10.22034/ijumes.2024.2041330.1255

Abstract

According to psychologists, flexible people are people and they react more appropriately to changes. Environmental variables are among the factors influencing human reactions and they play an important role in the category of flexibility and its relationship with learning. As one of the important learning tools, the open spaces of schools have turned educational environments into a stimulating factor for the intellectual and physical growth of students. The current research was conducted with the aim of identifying the components affecting the flexible physical body in open educational spaces and its effect on learning and using the descriptive-analytical method. Information was collected by library and field methods and the sample size is 250 people based on Morgan's table, as well as the simulation of pristine nature in the campus for the purpose of spending leisure time and education, are considered to be effective on the level of students' learning. The results of this research showed that the flexible furniture of the yard and open spaces with flexible forms in the open educational space is much more effective than being in a uniform and soulless yard on children's learning. Based on this, qualitative components in open educational spaces in the form of diversity, adaptability and changeability have a higher importance than individual and social components, and the requirement to pay more attention to it, as a vital factor in the quality of educational activities, can lead to the formation of a platform. It is desirable to increase the learning rate of students.

Keywords

Educational activities

flexibility

learning

Mazandaran province

open educational spaces

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