Transformed Pedagogical Environment: Humanoids for social skilling of mentally challenged children

The purpose of the paper is to describe the transformed pedagogical environment in Malaysia with regards to mentally challenged children. Through interviews with teachers and parents of children schooled at the special, integrative classes in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, the results indicated non-...

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Published inEnvironment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 3 - 8
Main Authors Hashim, Rugayah, Sh. Ahmad, Sabarinah, Aziz, Amily Fikri, Hanapiah, Fazah Akhtar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 25.06.2016
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Summary:The purpose of the paper is to describe the transformed pedagogical environment in Malaysia with regards to mentally challenged children. Through interviews with teachers and parents of children schooled at the special, integrative classes in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, the results indicated non-readiness for the teachers and the parents to embrace the assistive technology, the humanoids. Besides the high cost of purchasing the humanoid for each child to be placed at home, social skilling these special children requires human touch. Cultural, and religious aspects abound that negates the progress of pedagogy using humanoids.
ISSN:2398-4287
2398-4287
DOI:10.21834/e-bpj.v1i1.187