Cognitive Mapping and Wayfinding in Children’s Home- School Itinerary

According to environmental and behavioural theories, individuals in their early years of cognitive development enter a world full stimuli that motivate them perceive learn. As result many perception processes, people convert transfer perceived information into patterns inform understanding the surroundings which they operate navigate around them. This paper aims better understand processes involved navigating home-school journey for children delve likely impact gender age group on environment attempt identify some factors may affect spatial behaviour. In doing so, there is intention develop new approach investigating wayfinding school during journey. The consists combining analysis maps drawn up by children, observation travel routines space syntax tools. After contextualising research through literature review covering issues such as children’s perception, navigation, wayfinding, imageability, describes methods used carry out research, presents results discusses order shed light