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Challenges of offering peace education among educational leaders: a case study of Malaysian public primary school

This paper explores the challenges of offering peace education in public primary school in Malaysia. In exact, this study: first, investigates how school educational leaders perceive peace education and how peace education could be included in the school curriculum. This study has adopted a qualitat...

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Main Authors: Khairuddin, Ahmad Zulfadhli, Abd Razak Al-Hafiz, Afareez, Idrus, Faizah, Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham
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Language:English
Published: Center for Ethnic and Cultural Studies, Fort Myers, Florida United states of America 2019
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H Social Sciences (General)
H62 Study and teaching. Research
L Education (General)
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spelling my.iium.irep.766462022-01-11T00:46:22Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/76646/ Challenges of offering peace education among educational leaders: a case study of Malaysian public primary school Khairuddin, Ahmad Zulfadhli Abd Razak Al-Hafiz, Afareez Idrus, Faizah Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham H Social Sciences (General) H62 Study and teaching. Research L Education (General) This paper explores the challenges of offering peace education in public primary school in Malaysia. In exact, this study: first, investigates how school educational leaders perceive peace education and how peace education could be included in the school curriculum. This study has adopted a qualitative design, employing semi-structured interview as an instrument of data collection. Findings suggest that all respondents reported that they mutually agreed to include peace education as part of the curriculum to maintain harmony, inculcate tolerance among students, minimize conflicts and know their country’s history. Obstacles and challenges in introducing peace education as a subject in the school’s curricular can be minimized to implementation of costs and teacher training. Lack of expertise and lack of interests among students are identified as another challenge in introducing peace education. Furthermore, school educational leaders were found to have low levels of awareness, knowledge, and skills related to peace education. Center for Ethnic and Cultural Studies, Fort Myers, Florida United states of America 2019-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/76646/1/76646_Challenges%20of%20offering%20peace%20education.pdf Khairuddin, Ahmad Zulfadhli and Abd Razak Al-Hafiz, Afareez and Idrus, Faizah and Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham (2019) Challenges of offering peace education among educational leaders: a case study of Malaysian public primary school. American Journal of Qualitative Research, 3 (1). pp. 57-71. ISSN 2576-2141 http://www.ajqr.org 10.29333/ajqr/5811
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
H62 Study and teaching. Research
L Education (General)
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
H62 Study and teaching. Research
L Education (General)
Khairuddin, Ahmad Zulfadhli
Abd Razak Al-Hafiz, Afareez
Idrus, Faizah
Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham
Challenges of offering peace education among educational leaders: a case study of Malaysian public primary school
description This paper explores the challenges of offering peace education in public primary school in Malaysia. In exact, this study: first, investigates how school educational leaders perceive peace education and how peace education could be included in the school curriculum. This study has adopted a qualitative design, employing semi-structured interview as an instrument of data collection. Findings suggest that all respondents reported that they mutually agreed to include peace education as part of the curriculum to maintain harmony, inculcate tolerance among students, minimize conflicts and know their country’s history. Obstacles and challenges in introducing peace education as a subject in the school’s curricular can be minimized to implementation of costs and teacher training. Lack of expertise and lack of interests among students are identified as another challenge in introducing peace education. Furthermore, school educational leaders were found to have low levels of awareness, knowledge, and skills related to peace education.
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author Khairuddin, Ahmad Zulfadhli
Abd Razak Al-Hafiz, Afareez
Idrus, Faizah
Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham
author_facet Khairuddin, Ahmad Zulfadhli
Abd Razak Al-Hafiz, Afareez
Idrus, Faizah
Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham
author_sort Khairuddin, Ahmad Zulfadhli
title Challenges of offering peace education among educational leaders: a case study of Malaysian public primary school
title_short Challenges of offering peace education among educational leaders: a case study of Malaysian public primary school
title_full Challenges of offering peace education among educational leaders: a case study of Malaysian public primary school
title_fullStr Challenges of offering peace education among educational leaders: a case study of Malaysian public primary school
title_full_unstemmed Challenges of offering peace education among educational leaders: a case study of Malaysian public primary school
title_sort challenges of offering peace education among educational leaders: a case study of malaysian public primary school
publisher Center for Ethnic and Cultural Studies, Fort Myers, Florida United states of America
publishDate 2019
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/76646/1/76646_Challenges%20of%20offering%20peace%20education.pdf
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