THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COURSES PENGHAYATAN ETIKA DAN PERADABAN IN FOSTERING RACIAL UNITY: A STUDY ON UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA (UiTM) STUDENTS

Autor: Sakinatul Raadiyah Abdullah, Farahdina Fazial, Surita Hartini Mat Hassan, Salimah Yahaya, Che Khadijah Hamid
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: International Journal of Education, Psychology and Counseling. 7:571-582
ISSN: 0128-164X
Popis: University core courses are basic courses set by the university which are also certified by the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE). This course is also subject as a course prescribed by the university senate to ensure that a comprehensive education can be given to a student. Students must take and must pass this course at the same time will qualify students to graduate according to the time set. At Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), one of the university's core courses of Ethics and Civilization which is a compulsory course under the auspices of the Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies (ACIS) and offered to students at the diploma and bachelor's degree levels at each branch campus entire Malaysia. However, it is questionable whether this course is effective in fostering racial unity among UiTM students because as far as we know, all university students consist of Bumiputera students only. In line with that, the objective of this study is to identify the level of student acceptance of the course content and will then analyze how the effectiveness of this course in shaping racial unity among UiTM students. The measurement tools used in data collection include questionnaires distributed online using google form software to 455 UiTM students in Malaysia at random. The data obtained from this random sample were then analyzed using descriptive analysis through quantitative software to see the overall continuity of the analysis of the study findings. The results obtained will then draw conclusions on the characteristics of the studied population. The results of the study found that the university's core courses are dynamic and flexible, as well as in line with current needs and requirements in an effort to fulfill the components of Malaysian nationhood as well as have their own role in fostering racial unity in particular.
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