Perancangan Tadika Di Ka Wasan Peru Mahan Barp Kajian Kes : Bandar Baru Seri Manjung, Perak Darul Ridzuan
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Date
2002-02
Authors
Abdullah Kamar, Muhamad Asri
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Abstract
Preschool education is the foundation of the children education, which can I influence
their future growth and development. In order to provide good preschool ed~cation, a
preschool education center or kindergarten should he provided effectively. Ne~ertheless,
ihe planning and provisions of the kindergarten in the new housing schem~s are not
effective. It may generate many problems such as, insufficient in number and *nplanned
location, overcrowding of children, insufficient space and lack of playing equipments
within the kindergarten.
To get a clear picture of issue and problems related to kindergarten, a studyi has been
carried out at Bandar Baru Seri Manjung, Perak Darul Ridzuan. Bandar 8aru Seri
Manjung is selected as a study area because it is a new and large housing scheme,
occupying an area about I 080 acres. It has varieties of landuses and kindergaf,tens issue
on unplanned kindergartens. The study involves five stages consisting of pneliminary
study, theoretical study, inforf!Zation gathering, analysis and finding and solutions.
Preliminary study is carried out to give a clear picture of the topic. Then, theoretical
study, which involves the theory and planning standards of kindergarten ·at the
neighborhood unit and the background of preschool education, has been carrie& out.
nw gathering information stage involves primary and secondmy data. Primary data are
gathered through two methods consisting of observation and respondent opinion survey.
171e observation includes the number of kindergartens and children at kindergqrtens, the
location and distance of kindergartens and the physical condition of the kind¢rgartens.
The respondent opinion survey involves the kindergartens teachers and the res~dent. The
kindergartens teachers survey involves all the kindergartens teachers to get ,the basic
information about the kindergartens. l11e resident opinion survey , involves
I 20 respondents selected by cluster sampling according to I 5 kindergartens and simple
random samplingfor each kindergarten. l11e purpose of resident opinion survey is to get
the socioeconomic background information, their opinions and proposals to provide an
effective kindergarten at the study area. Besides, the secondary data gathere~from the
resources published by various government agencies such as reports and so fortfz.
1hen, analysis is carried out by using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS)
software. 111e study found that the study area faces the problems such as the lack of
kindergartens, the unplanned location of kindergarten, overcrowding of child*en at the
kindergarten, the insufficient space of kindergarten and lack of playing equipmcints at the
I kindergarten. Based on the findings, solutions have been formulated to the various parties, ~hich are
re.~ponsihle in planning and providing the kindergartens within the study are~ such as
'.Jahatan Pendidikan Negeri Perak, Jabatan Kemajuan Masyarakat Negeri P¢rak', the
non-governmental organizations, private parties and so ./(;rth. lhrough those ;~olutions,
the planning and provision of kindergarten can effectively be made at the stud~ area in
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Preschool education , New Housing schemes