ESP-4379

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Lin Li, Siti Sarah Binti Herman, & Khairul Manami Kamarudin. (2025). Research on pedagogical design strategies of children’s furniture for children aged 3-6 - promotion effect of traditional cultural elements on children’s cultural enlightenment in new Chinese-style desk design. Environment and Social Psychology, 10(12), ESP-4379. https://doi.org/10.59429/esp.v10i12.4379

Research on pedagogical design strategies of children's furniture for children aged 3-6 - promotion effect of traditional cultural elements on children's cultural enlightenment in new Chinese-style desk design

Lin Li

Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Siti Sarah Binti Herman

Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Khairul Manami Kamarudin

Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia


DOI: https://doi.org/10.59429/esp.v10i12.4379


Keywords: children's furniture design; new Chinese-style desk; traditional cultural elements; cultural enlightenment; pedagogical design; environmental psychology

Abstract

Traditional culture enlightenment plays an important role in preschool education. Children's furniture serves as a core element of daily living environments. Its design contains cultural and educational value. This study is based on environmental psychology and social learning theory. It takes New Chinese-style desks used by children aged 3-6 as the research object. The application strategies of traditional cultural elements and their effects on children's cultural enlightenment are systematically explored. This study adopts a mixed-method approach. Data were collected from 120 children and their parents. The methods include questionnaire surveys, behavioral observations, in-depth interviews, design practices, and quasi-experimental studies. The findings show several key results. First, the cognitive ability of children aged 3-6 toward traditional cultural elements increases significantly with age. The recognition rate rises from 52.3% to 86.5%. Second, the optimal effect is achieved when traditional elements account for 25-35% of the design, multiple sensory channels are activated, and 3-4 teaching functions are integrated. Third, the New Chinese-style desk improves children's cultural cognition by 69.6%. This is significantly higher than the control group's 27.0%. Fourth, social and psychological factors have key moderating effects. These factors include parental participation and family cultural atmosphere.This study proposes systematic design strategies at three levels: form, decoration, and function. A mechanism model is constructed as "physical environment - exploratory behavior - sensory experience - cultural cognition". The study provides theoretical basis and practical guidance for the pedagogical design of children's furniture and the innovative inheritance of traditional culture.

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