Factors Affecting Social Learning in Nearby Pockets on Tropical Campus Grounds: Towards a Sustainable Campus

Waleed Alzamil, Sarah Abdulkareem Salih (), Sumarni Ismail, Ali Ajlan and Athira Azmi
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Waleed Alzamil: Department of Urban Planning, College of Architecture and Planning, King Saud University, P.O. Box 57448, Riyadh 11574, Saudi Arabia
Sarah Abdulkareem Salih: Department of Architecture, Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Malaysia
Sumarni Ismail: Department of Architecture, Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Malaysia
Ali Ajlan: Department of Architecture & Building Science, College of Architecture and Planning, King Saud University, P.O. Box 57448, Riyadh 11574, Saudi Arabia
Athira Azmi: Department of Architecture, Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang 43400, Malaysia

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 24, 1-22

Abstract: Nearby natural environments on campus grounds have become imperative in enhancing sustainable academic experiences by facilitating sustainable social learning. However, tropical region campuses prioritise traditional education while neglecting sustainable social learning. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to facilitate the use of nearby sustainable pocket settings on campus grounds to enhance social learning experiences. The present study aimed to identify factors affecting social learning experiences in nearby (sustainable) pocket spaces on tropical campuses. It utilised a verbal questionnaire survey conducted in three research universities in Malaysia to investigate the factors affecting 408 respondents in nearby (sustainable) pockets. The respondents were selected using stratified judgemental sampling. This study’s findings revealed that many influencing factors predicted the social learning experience in tropical universities’ nearby pockets, which were arranged into four domain factors: elements and activities, natural environment factors, perceived environment factors, and social factors. This provided a proven correlation between the lack of social learning in nearby pockets and the factors of these sustainable settings. The findings also showed that students’ demographic factors, including education status and university affiliation, influenced their social learning experience. The present study significantly linked education to sustainability by integrating social learning into nearby sustainable pocket settings.

Keywords: social learning experience; influencing factors; sustainable campus; sustainable nearby pocket settings; sustainable social learning settings; tropical region university (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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