Ethnic Relations at School in Malaysia Challenges and Prospects of the Student Integration Plan for Unity /

• Main Author: Segawa, Noriyuki (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Educational sociology.; Ethnicity.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Ethnicity in Education.; Ethnicity Studies.; Educational Policy and Politics.

This book considers the impact of the Rancangan Integrasi Murid Untuk Parpaduan (RIMUP: Student Integration Plan for Unity), the program developed as a driver towards Malaysian national integration and intended to promote an ideal of 'unity in diversity' through enhancing ethnic interactio...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Education Structure in Malaysia
• Inter-group Contact Theory and the Government's Perspectives
• Overview of RIMUP
• Government's Weak Quality Management: Incorporation of Allport's Optimal Conditions
• Short Duration and Low Frequency: Fluctuations in Prejudice Levels
• Low Student Participation Rate: Dependence on Extended Contact
• Conclusion.