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The Orang Asli Literacy Project - Combining Research and Social Responsibility in a Technological University

In this paper I share my challenges and experiences as a researcher in an academic institution where the research project which initially began as part of an academic research initiative expanded to helping a marginalized community in need. As a social science researcher in a technological universi...

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Main Authors:	Renganathan, Sumathi, Chong, Su Li, Valenzuela, Joan
Format:	Article
Published:	UTM 2010
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3401/1/IUSRCE_FullPaperSumathi_Renganathan.doc http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3401/
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spelling	my.utp.eprints.34012014-03-21T20:28:44Z The Orang Asli Literacy Project - Combining Research and Social Responsibility in a Technological University Renganathan, Sumathi Chong, Su Li Valenzuela, Joan H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General) In this paper I share my challenges and experiences as a researcher in an academic institution where the research project which initially began as part of an academic research initiative expanded to helping a marginalized community in need. As a social science researcher in a technological university which emphasizes natural science research, opportunities and motivation to carry out social based research is hard to come by. This then becomes a challenge. Furthermore, being a minority among academics from the Engineering and Technology disciplines, obtaining funding and carrying out social based research is difficult. In this paper, I share the conception of the “Orang Asli Literacy Programme” and share the challenges faced in executing this project. Note: In this paper, the pronoun “I” refers to the first author and “we” and “our” will refer to the first author and co authors Keywords—Research; Orang Asli; Literacy; community service UTM 2010-10-05 Article PeerReviewed application/msword http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3401/1/IUSRCE_FullPaperSumathi_Renganathan.doc Renganathan, Sumathi and Chong, Su Li and Valenzuela, Joan (2010) The Orang Asli Literacy Project - Combining Research and Social Responsibility in a Technological University. Proceedings of the International University Social Responsibility (IUSRCE 2010) Conference and Exhibition . ISSN ISBN 978-983-42420-5-3 http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3401/
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spellingShingle	H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General) Renganathan, Sumathi Chong, Su Li Valenzuela, Joan The Orang Asli Literacy Project - Combining Research and Social Responsibility in a Technological University
description	In this paper I share my challenges and experiences as a researcher in an academic institution where the research project which initially began as part of an academic research initiative expanded to helping a marginalized community in need. As a social science researcher in a technological university which emphasizes natural science research, opportunities and motivation to carry out social based research is hard to come by. This then becomes a challenge. Furthermore, being a minority among academics from the Engineering and Technology disciplines, obtaining funding and carrying out social based research is difficult. In this paper, I share the conception of the “Orang Asli Literacy Programme” and share the challenges faced in executing this project. Note: In this paper, the pronoun “I” refers to the first author and “we” and “our” will refer to the first author and co authors Keywords—Research; Orang Asli; Literacy; community service
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author	Renganathan, Sumathi Chong, Su Li Valenzuela, Joan
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title	The Orang Asli Literacy Project - Combining Research and Social Responsibility in a Technological University
title_short	The Orang Asli Literacy Project - Combining Research and Social Responsibility in a Technological University
title_full	The Orang Asli Literacy Project - Combining Research and Social Responsibility in a Technological University
title_fullStr	The Orang Asli Literacy Project - Combining Research and Social Responsibility in a Technological University
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publisher	UTM
publishDate	2010
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