The design of literacy environment model in primary school

Abstract

This research is motivated by the problem by the lack of a fixed model on how to support learning environment that can be beneficial for the development of literacy skills of primary school students in the early grade. The aim of this study is to create a legitimate basis for the development of environmental design and literacy learning for early childhood and early grade of primary school students. This study discussed the development of a model that would equip teachers with certain important aspects of the literacy environment that are suitable to be applied in primary schools. This study employed Educational Design Research. There were several stages employed in this study: conducting a literature study of the essential environment by reviewing the available models, comparing and contrasting the differences between the models from the learning environment available in the literature, deciding the model components of an essential literacy environment, and trying to create a theoretical model and prototypes. The results of this research suggest that the design of a literacy learning environment model should be used as a guide in developing literacy skills of primary school students in the early grade.