Malaysian secondary school history curriculum and its contribution towards racial integration

This paper attempts to review the historical aspects of the problems arises in history education and provides suggestions for someappropriate measures that will enable students to instil values associated with racial relationship. Next, this paper highlightssteps needed to be carried out in schoo...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Abdul Razaq, Rahim, Ahamad, Seman, Ahmad Ali, Salleh, Mohamad Johdi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/11621/1/Jurnal_-_PROCEDIA_-_History_Curriculum_and_Ethnic_Integration.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/11621/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042810020707
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.10.066
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Summary:This paper attempts to review the historical aspects of the problems arises in history education and provides suggestions for someappropriate measures that will enable students to instil values associated with racial relationship. Next, this paper highlightssteps needed to be carried out in schools and the Ministry of Education (MOE) which is hoped to strengthen the teaching andlearning methods in the subject of History. We argue that History education can help to shape the attitudes of tolerances,patriotism, citizenship and values in order to create a united nation through the One Malaysian concept.