The Real and the Virtual in the Spatial Perception of Education Students

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Investigation with education students at the University of Ljubljana examines whether perception and images of urban space changed between 2001 and 2019 using the same eleven-question questionnaire. Students selected the questions they wished to answer to describe their favourite place in the city, leaving non-significant items unanswered. Results from both years are compared through quantitative and qualitative analysis. Although spatial perception involves multiple senses, touch was mentioned least in both cases. Findings indicate students in 2019 expressed themselves more precisely, suggesting increased spatial sensitivity, prompting reconsideration of pedagogical processes.

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Received: 9 September 2022, Accepted: 13 July 2023, Published on-line as Recently Accepted Paper: October 2023 DOI: [https://doi.org/10.26529/cepsj.1522](https://doi.org/10.26529/cepsj.1522) The Real and the Virtual in the Spatial Perception of Education Students Bea Tomšič Amon1 • 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. Keywords: multisensory experience, pedagogical strategies, real space, urban space perception, virtual space 1 Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Bea.Tomsic@pef.uni-lj.si. 226 the real and the virtual in the spatial perception of education students Realno in virtualno dojemanje prostora bodočihučiteljev Bea Tomšič Amon • 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 enajstvprašanj. Študentje so morali izbrati, na katera vprašanja želijo odgovoriti, da bi opisali svoj najljubši kraj v mestu, in pustiti neodgovorjenetiste, ki jim niso bili pomembni. Predstavljamo primerjavo med obemarezultatoma, tj. iz let 2001 in 2019. Analizirani so bili kvantitativno inkvalitativno. Čeprav prostorsko zaznavanje vključuje vsa čutila, je dotikv nasprotju z vidom najmanj omenjen v obeh primerih. Naša prvotnapredpostavka 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. Ključne besede: multisenzorna izkušnja, pedagoške strategije, realni prostor, percepcija urbanega prostora, virtualni prostor Introduction Issues related to perception in general and in the educational process have been addressed in various issues of the CEPS Journal over the years, such as Teaching and Learning through Art (Tomšič Čerkez, 2015), Sustainable Development in Education (Devetak & Krek, 2013), Visualization in Education (Devetak, 2011), and Physical Space and the Process of Education (TomšičČerkez & Zupančič, 2011) . These articles show how spatial awareness is present in different aspects of the educational process. The present article aims to discuss students’ awareness of the qualities and characteristics of a space. By comparing the results of a questionnaire on this topic that was first conducted in 2001 and repeated in 2019, we wanted to determine whether there were any differences between the results of the first and the second evaluation. The interest in conducting the research presente

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What was the main aim of the study comparing 2001 and 2019?

To determine whether students’ perception and images of urban space changed over the years using the same questionnaire.

How did students answer the questionnaire?

They chose which of the eleven questions they wanted to answer to describe their favourite place in the city, leaving less relevant questions unanswered.

Which sense was mentioned the least in both 2001 and 2019?

Touch, in contrast to vision, was mentioned the least in both cases.

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