Developing conducive sustainable outdoor learning: The impact of natural environment on learning, social and emotional intelligence

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue , 2011, Pages 389-396

  Mirrahmi, S Z ^a   Tawil, N M ^a   Abdullah, N A G ^a   Surat, M ^a   Usman, I M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Learning; Nature; Outdoor learning; Social emotional intelligence

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; GREEN SCHOOLS; GROUP LEARNING; LEARNING; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NATURE; OUTDOOR LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR; SOCIAL WELL-BEING;

STUDENTS; TEACHING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84855714536     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.11.181     Document Type: Conference Paper

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