Open AccessTHE UNDERSTANDING OF MALAYSIAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE COURSE AMONG MULTI ETHNIC DIPLOMA STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITI PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRIS (UPSI)
Author(s) -
Norshahrul Marzuki Mohd Nor,
Mohamad Basri Jamal,
Khairul Gufran Kaspin,
Muhammad Hasbi Abdul Rahman,
Mazdi Marzuki
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of education, psychology and counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0128-164X
DOI - 10.35631/ijepc.6390013
Subject(s) - ethnic group , diversity (politics) , cultural diversity , sociology , ethnic culture , course (navigation) , psychology , pedagogy , social science , engineering , anthropology , aerospace engineering
Recently, there have been frequent misunderstandings regarding the understanding of culture and practices in the multi-ethnic society in Malaysia, which has caused anger among them. If this situation is not resolved, it will cause ethnic tensions and could disrupt national security. Through the Malaysian Society and Culture course offered at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) to Diploma level students, the researcher wanted to identify the level of students' understanding of this course. The research findings indicated that students' understanding in the Malaysian Society and Culture course was very high with an average mean of 4.21 and above. Majority of students stating strongly agree that this course can give them a clear understanding of the cultural diversity that exists besides this course can help students get to understand the multi-ethnic society with confidence.