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National integration in vision school: towards '1 Malaysia'?

This paper reports preliminary findings of a larger study of the assessments of intercultural communication in selected Vision schools across Malaysia. The main question is to what extent does Vision Schools foster racial interaction among students of different ethnic groups? Since its establishment...

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Main Authors: Ruslan, Norbaiduri, Othman, Azam, Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2009
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LB2801 School administration and organization
LC Special aspects of education
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/18163/1/18163_ICD_1Malaysia_paper%255B1%255D.pdf
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spelling my.iium.irep.181632021-07-12T01:44:21Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/18163/ National integration in vision school: towards '1 Malaysia'? Ruslan, Norbaiduri Othman, Azam Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail LB2801 School administration and organization LC Special aspects of education This paper reports preliminary findings of a larger study of the assessments of intercultural communication in selected Vision schools across Malaysia. The main question is to what extent does Vision Schools foster racial interaction among students of different ethnic groups? Since its establishment, there are 13 schools involved in Vision school concept, however only one Vision School in Subang Jaya, truly delivers the ideal state of having three national school/types, to agree to co-exist in one school compound. The rest of Vision school complexes around Malaysia partially involved national and national-type schools. In those cases, Chinese-type national schools were understood to be reluctant to join the Vision school concept. It is imperative given this observation that the main philosophy behind the establishment of Vision schools be revisited and evaluated by investigating whether the school becomes a platform for pupils and teachers of different ethnic groups to engage in effective intercultural communication. The mission of Vision schools is seen as on par with the current national agenda of „1 Malaysia‟, coined by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, which calls for the three major races in Malaysia to be united and project themselves as being one, rather than as being different. In that respect, the establishment of the Vision schools remains significant and fits with the current national agenda which is to further enhance national integration, in the hope to reach the state of „1 Malaysia‟ in various aspects of life, including in the educational system. 2009-07 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/18163/1/18163_ICD_1Malaysia_paper%255B1%255D.pdf Ruslan, Norbaiduri and Othman, Azam and Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail (2009) National integration in vision school: towards '1 Malaysia'? In: International Conference Development 2009, 28-30 July 2009, IIUM, Gombak Campus. (Unpublished)
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topic LB2801 School administration and organization
LC Special aspects of education
spellingShingle LB2801 School administration and organization
LC Special aspects of education
Ruslan, Norbaiduri
Othman, Azam
Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail
National integration in vision school: towards '1 Malaysia'?
description This paper reports preliminary findings of a larger study of the assessments of intercultural communication in selected Vision schools across Malaysia. The main question is to what extent does Vision Schools foster racial interaction among students of different ethnic groups? Since its establishment, there are 13 schools involved in Vision school concept, however only one Vision School in Subang Jaya, truly delivers the ideal state of having three national school/types, to agree to co-exist in one school compound. The rest of Vision school complexes around Malaysia partially involved national and national-type schools. In those cases, Chinese-type national schools were understood to be reluctant to join the Vision school concept. It is imperative given this observation that the main philosophy behind the establishment of Vision schools be revisited and evaluated by investigating whether the school becomes a platform for pupils and teachers of different ethnic groups to engage in effective intercultural communication. The mission of Vision schools is seen as on par with the current national agenda of „1 Malaysia‟, coined by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, which calls for the three major races in Malaysia to be united and project themselves as being one, rather than as being different. In that respect, the establishment of the Vision schools remains significant and fits with the current national agenda which is to further enhance national integration, in the hope to reach the state of „1 Malaysia‟ in various aspects of life, including in the educational system.
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author Ruslan, Norbaiduri
Othman, Azam
Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail
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Othman, Azam
Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail
author_sort Ruslan, Norbaiduri
title National integration in vision school: towards '1 Malaysia'?
title_short National integration in vision school: towards '1 Malaysia'?
title_full National integration in vision school: towards '1 Malaysia'?
title_fullStr National integration in vision school: towards '1 Malaysia'?
title_full_unstemmed National integration in vision school: towards '1 Malaysia'?
title_sort national integration in vision school: towards '1 malaysia'?
publishDate 2009
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/18163/1/18163_ICD_1Malaysia_paper%255B1%255D.pdf
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