Shared identity construction: the third space exploration

• Main Author: Idrus, Faizah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA 2012
• Subjects: LG Individual institutions (Asia. Africa); PI Oriental languages and literatures
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/26666/1/IJHSS_Faizah_Idrus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/26666/; http://www.ijhssnet.com/update/index.php/current.html?id=1392

Ethnic and cultural tension and conflicts have escalated in Malaysia bringing undesirable impacts on the nation’s economy and, most importantly, on inter-ethnic relationships. Thus, this study proposes the need to construct a shared Malaysian identity, starting from the classroom, which is facilit...