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Patterns Of Seated Activity In Sensory Gardens Among Children Educated In Special Schools, Hazreena Hussein
Patterns Of Seated Activity In Sensory Gardens Among Children Educated In Special Schools, Hazreena Hussein
Hazreena Hussein
This study investigated the seated activity among special schooled children and their adult carers in two sensory gardens in the United Kingdom. Seated activity was established whether the seating was used as intended or whether users preferred to sit on other attributes during their learning session. The objectives of this study are to explore opportunities for users’ activity and their engagement with the attributes, whether activity is possible or if opportunities are not being actualised because of barriers. Observation and behaviour mapping methods were carried out alongside the affordance theory. The outcome suggests that the number of users, the number …
The Influence Of Sensory Gardens On The Behavior Of Children With Special Educational Needs, Hazreena Hussein
The Influence Of Sensory Gardens On The Behavior Of Children With Special Educational Needs, Hazreena Hussein
Hazreena Hussein
This study explores the use of sensory gardens by observing the zones and how they are utilised by children with special educational needs. Methods applied were interviews, observation and behaviour mapping, which was used in conjunction with the affordance theory. Affordance was categorised by landscape furniture, soft and hard landscape in relation to three categories of activities: Sensory stimulation, physical and social skills. The findings had discovered continuous pathways that link the sensory garden to the site context, had easy access to the features, and had the highest number of user. This study also found that users spent a longer …