The real and the virtual in the spatial perception of education students

Tomšič Amon, Bea (author)

The article presents an investigation conducted with education students at the Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana. The aim was to determine whether the perception and image of urban space have changed over the years, as the same questionnaire was used in 2001 and 2019. The students had to choose which of the eleven questions contained in the questionnaire they wanted to answer in order to describe their favourite place in the city. Questions that were not significant to them were left unanswered. Here we present a comparison between the results from 2001 and 2019, analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. Despite the fact that spatial perception involves all of the senses, it was the sense of touch, as opposed to vision, that was mentioned the least in both cases. Our original assumption was that with the advance of digital media, perception of real space would be more concise. However, there were a number of students in 2019 who expressed themselves more accurately than those in 2001, suggesting that students have developed a greater sensitivity towards space. The general findings suggest that we should rethink the pedagogical process and some suggestions are presented in the conclusion.

• Language: English
• Keywords: multisensory experience, pedagogical strategies, real space, urban space perception, virtual space
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: PEF - Faculty of Education
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 225-243
• Numbering: Vol. 15, no. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-168505
• UDC: 72:378
• ISSN on article: 2232-2647
• DOI: 10.26529/cepsj.1522
• COBISS.SI-ID: 170012419

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• Publication date in RUL: 16.04.2025

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: CEPS Journal: Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal = revija Centra za študij edukacijskih strategij
• Publisher: Pedagoška fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 2232-2647
• COBISS.SI-ID: 254029824

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Realno in virtualno dojemanje prostora študentov, prihodnjih učiteljev

Abstract

Članek predstavlja raziskavo, ki smo jo opravili s študenti razrednega pouka Pedagoške fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani. Namen je bil ugotoviti, ali sta se dojemanje in podoba urbanega prostora skozi leta spreminjala, saj je bil isti vprašalnik uporabljen v letih 2001 in 2019. Vseboval je enajst vprašanj. Študentje so morali izbrati, na katera vprašanja želijo odgovoriti, da bi opisali svoj najljubši kraj v mestu, in pustiti neodgovorjene tiste, ki jim niso bili pomembni. Predstavljamo primerjavo med obema rezultatoma, tj. iz let 2001 in 2019. Analizirani so bili kvantitativno in kvalitativno. Čeprav prostorsko zaznavanje vključuje vsa čutila, je dotik v nasprotju z vidom najmanj omenjen v obeh primerih. Naša prvotna predpostavka je bila, da bo z napredkom digitalnih medijev dojemanje realnega prostora bolj jedrnato, vendar pa je bilo leta 2019 kar nekaj študentov, ki so se natančneje izražali kot leta 2001, kar kaže na to, da so razvili večjo občutljivost za prostor. Splošne ugotovitve nakazujejo, da bi morali ponovno razmisliti o pedagoškem procesu. Nekaj predlogov je podanih v zaključku.

• Keywords: multisenzorna izkušnja, pedagoške strategije, realni prostor, percepcija urbanega prostora, virtualni prostor, pedagoške strategije, študenti razrednega pouka, študenti, urbanizem