Constructing place and space in the design of learning environments for PBL in Malaysian universities

Malaysia’s provisional entry into the Washington Accord has resulted in an overhaul of engineering education in this country. Gone are the days of traditional teaching in engineering. A myriad of changes have been introduced including changes in attitudes, orientation, curriculum, and delivery, to...

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Main Authors: M.M. Tahir, N.A.G. Abdullah, I.M.S. Usman, A.I. Che Ani, M.F.I. Mohd Nor, M.Surat
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2009
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spelling ukm-14792016-12-14T06:29:34Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1479/ Constructing place and space in the design of learning environments for PBL in Malaysian universities M.M. Tahir, N.A.G. Abdullah, I.M.S. Usman, A.I. Che Ani, M.F.I. Mohd Nor, M.Surat, Malaysia’s provisional entry into the Washington Accord has resulted in an overhaul of engineering education in this country. Gone are the days of traditional teaching in engineering. A myriad of changes have been introduced including changes in attitudes, orientation, curriculum, and delivery, to name a few. One important aspect that architects and planners have neglected is in the area of educational infrastructure, namely the place and space of the learning environment. The advent of new teaching methods has brought with it different infrastructural needs. Problembased learning (PBL) is achieving great currency in engineering education these days. However, the present-day teaching-learning environment is seen as defective: it does not provide optimum learning in the PBL context. This paper attempts to reconsider the relationship of physical settings to the student learning experience. This paper will also look at the problems of place and space in the engineering education in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, with a comparison made with the integrated architectural program, and provide examples of the environmental design that would be conducive to PBL Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2009-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1479/1/M_TAHIR.pdf M.M. Tahir, and N.A.G. Abdullah, and I.M.S. Usman, and A.I. Che Ani, and M.F.I. Mohd Nor, and M.Surat, (2009) Constructing place and space in the design of learning environments for PBL in Malaysian universities. AJTLHE: ASEAN Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 1 (1). pp. 26-34. ISSN 1985-5826 http://www.ukm.my/jtlhe/
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description Malaysia’s provisional entry into the Washington Accord has resulted in an overhaul of engineering education in this country. Gone are the days of traditional teaching in engineering. A myriad of changes have been introduced including changes in attitudes, orientation, curriculum, and delivery, to name a few. One important aspect that architects and planners have neglected is in the area of educational infrastructure, namely the place and space of the learning environment. The advent of new teaching methods has brought with it different infrastructural needs. Problembased learning (PBL) is achieving great currency in engineering education these days. However, the present-day teaching-learning environment is seen as defective: it does not provide optimum learning in the PBL context. This paper attempts to reconsider the relationship of physical settings to the student learning experience. This paper will also look at the problems of place and space in the engineering education in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, with a comparison made with the integrated architectural program, and provide examples of the environmental design that would be conducive to PBL
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author M.M. Tahir,
N.A.G. Abdullah,
I.M.S. Usman,
A.I. Che Ani,
M.F.I. Mohd Nor,
M.Surat,
spellingShingle M.M. Tahir,
N.A.G. Abdullah,
I.M.S. Usman,
A.I. Che Ani,
M.F.I. Mohd Nor,
M.Surat,
Constructing place and space in the design of learning environments for PBL in Malaysian universities
author_facet M.M. Tahir,
N.A.G. Abdullah,
I.M.S. Usman,
A.I. Che Ani,
M.F.I. Mohd Nor,
M.Surat,
author_sort M.M. Tahir,
title Constructing place and space in the design of learning environments for PBL in Malaysian universities
title_short Constructing place and space in the design of learning environments for PBL in Malaysian universities
title_full Constructing place and space in the design of learning environments for PBL in Malaysian universities
title_fullStr Constructing place and space in the design of learning environments for PBL in Malaysian universities
title_full_unstemmed Constructing place and space in the design of learning environments for PBL in Malaysian universities
title_sort constructing place and space in the design of learning environments for pbl in malaysian universities
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2009
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1479/
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