Multi-ethnic school environment from the school leader’s perspective: challenges and approaches to improve multi-cultural competency among teachers in Malaysia
| Autor: | Yasmin Ahmad, Najeemah Mohd Yusof |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Cultural Studies
Medical education Data collection Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Perspective (graphical) Ethnic group 050301 education 050109 social psychology Session (web analytics) Multiculturalism Cultural diversity 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences School environment Sociology 0503 education Cultural competence media_common |
| Zdroj: | Asian Ethnicity. 18:296-309 |
| ISSN: | 1469-2953 1463-1369 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14631369.2016.1225257 |
| Popis: | This study aims to identify the challenges and approaches to improve a multicultural competency among teachers in multi-ethnic schools environment based on school leaders’ perspective. Data collection method used in this study is qualitative method. A total of nine school leaders from the states of Kedah, Penang, and Perak were included in the interview session. The results of this study show that the challenges faced by teachers in practicing the multicultural competency are lack of experience toward cultural diversity. A late exposure to cultural diversity makes it difficult for teachers to accept and adapt in a multi-ethnic school environment. The approaches suggested by school leaders to improve the multicultural competency are as follows: (1) Courses on cultural diversity should be organized to enhance the knowledge about cultural diversity; (2) the development of more open and better policy for education system in Malaysia in order to prepare teachers with a higher multicultural competency for teach... |
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