Engaging Minds, Bridging Cultures: Gamified learning for adolescent cultural awareness
Journal: Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal
Year: 2025

This study evaluates the usability and suitability of the Patrio Playmat as a culturally responsive teaching tool to enhance students’ and teachers’ awareness of Malaysia’s multicultural diversity and biodiversity. The Patrio Playmat, inspired by board games, is an interactive learning mat featuring multicultural themes and endangered Malaysian animal species as game components. Guided by SMART goals (Rubin, 2002) and Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory, the study employed a design developmental res