Understanding the spatial knowledge of freshmen and sophomores about their university campus
A case study from Jimei University, Xiamen, China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20153318 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jinghan Xie (College of Harbour and Coastal Engineering Jimei University Xiamen China), Yingwei Yan (0000-0002-3487-9792, Department of Geography National University of Singapore Singapore, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 149-165 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0129-7619 • E-ISSN: 1467-9493 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/sjtg.12468 |
| OpenAlex | W4311877833 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
The influence of environmental familiarity on spatial knowledge development in the context of campuses and their surrounding environments has been well documented. However, existing studies have rarely stressed the distinction between the architectural styles of a campus and its surrounding environment. This study thus targets a campus with a historical architectural style that contrasts strongly with the surrounding modern environment, to gain a fresh view on how spatial knowledge develops with environmental familiarity on such a unique campus. This study recruited 30 freshmen and 28 sophomores to complete landmark selection, route sketching, and distance estimation tasks used to measure their spatial knowledge. The results mainly revealed that spatial knowledge developed by freshmen and sophomores stayed at a similar level as no significant differences were detected. As such, the key implication of this study is that spatial knowledge could be developed to the largest cognitive extent within a short period (i.e., 1.5 months) after students have entered a new campus in which the architectural style contrasts strongly with its surrounding environment. Increased environmental familiarity did not significantly promote their spatial knowledge development as sophomores with about an added year of campus stay performed similarly to freshmen
Architectural engineering · Cartography · China · Context (archaeology) · Geography · Landmark · Spatial contextual awareness · Style (visual arts) · University campus · Engineering · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Geography Education and Pedagogy · Psychology · Spatial Cognition and Navigation
Spatial Behavior
Wayfinding Behavior
Cognitive maps in rats and men.
The Development of Spatial Representations of Large-Scale Environments
Image and Environment
Spatial Knowledge Acquisition in the Process of Navigation
The Road More Travelled
Familiarity and Environmental Representations of a City
Effect of GIS Learning on Spatial Thinking
Building height restrictions,land development and economic costs
Visitors' wayfinding strategies and navigational aids in unfamiliar urban environment
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |