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The influences of furniture on childrens health and well-being at primary school

Pre-schools and primary schools play a prominent role in the lives of children. In this phase of their life, reading and writing would begin. There are studies which explored the relationships between writing and reading performance and furniture in the classroom. A considerable body of research add...

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Main Authors: Valikhani, Mahkameh, Ibrahim, Rahinah, Dolah, Mohd Shahrizal
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2016
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spelling my.upm.eprints.530352018-01-23T06:23:06Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53035/ The influences of furniture on childrens health and well-being at primary school Valikhani, Mahkameh Ibrahim, Rahinah Dolah, Mohd Shahrizal Pre-schools and primary schools play a prominent role in the lives of children. In this phase of their life, reading and writing would begin. There are studies which explored the relationships between writing and reading performance and furniture in the classroom. A considerable body of research addresses the role of school furniture on children’s health. Nevertheless, the impact of furniture on behaviour received fairly insufficient attention in design and furniture industries. Since children have no choice in selecting their furniture, they ended becoming passive users in the design process. In this paper, we aim to understand the impacts that school furniture have on children’s health and performance. This paper reviews previous studies about children’s furniture at educational centers in order to introduce a new prototype of school furniture. This study could inform designers and those involved in children related educational systems to develop better furniture designs in schools. Penerbit Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53035/1/The%20influences%20of%20furniture%20on%20childrens%20health%20and%20well-being%20at%20primary%20school.pdf Valikhani, Mahkameh and Ibrahim, Rahinah and Dolah, Mohd Shahrizal (2016) The influences of furniture on childrens health and well-being at primary school. Jurnal Teknologi, 78 (5). pp. 245-252. ISSN 0127-9696; ESSN: 2180-3722 http://www.jurnalteknologi.utm.my/index.php/jurnalteknologi
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description Pre-schools and primary schools play a prominent role in the lives of children. In this phase of their life, reading and writing would begin. There are studies which explored the relationships between writing and reading performance and furniture in the classroom. A considerable body of research addresses the role of school furniture on children’s health. Nevertheless, the impact of furniture on behaviour received fairly insufficient attention in design and furniture industries. Since children have no choice in selecting their furniture, they ended becoming passive users in the design process. In this paper, we aim to understand the impacts that school furniture have on children’s health and performance. This paper reviews previous studies about children’s furniture at educational centers in order to introduce a new prototype of school furniture. This study could inform designers and those involved in children related educational systems to develop better furniture designs in schools.
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author Valikhani, Mahkameh
Ibrahim, Rahinah
Dolah, Mohd Shahrizal
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Ibrahim, Rahinah
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title The influences of furniture on childrens health and well-being at primary school
title_short The influences of furniture on childrens health and well-being at primary school
title_full The influences of furniture on childrens health and well-being at primary school
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