Cultural Diversity in Malaysia– Impact

and
implication on the Malaysian
Education System
EDUP3073 CULTURE AND LEARNING
What would be the impact of socio-cultural
diversity towards the Malayasian students?

Diversity in the following aspects:

▶ Ethnicity
▶ Social Class
▶ Settlements
▶ Gender
Settlements

Urban & Suburb Rural & Interior

- Exposed to multi-racial - same ethnic group
composition
- Same culture
- Different sosio-economical
- Same sosio-economical status
status
- Same world view
- Different attitudes & practices
- Prioritize academic
achievement
Stereotype towards gender
What could be the implication for …?

Students Teachers Schools Curiculum

Hidden Curriculum

▶ ...  refers to the way in which cultural values

and attitudes (such as obedience to authority,
punctuality, and delayed gratification) are

transmitted, through the structure of

teaching and the organization of schools.
This is different from the manifest or
formal curriculum that is subject-based or
topic-based.

(A Dictionary of Sociology. 4th ed., 2015)

Hidden Curriculum

▶ Hidden curriculum refers to the unwritten, unofficial,

and often unintended lessons, values, and
 
perspectives that students learn in school. ….

▶ the hidden curriculum consists of the unspoken or

implicit academic, social, and cultural messages
that are communicated to students while they are in
school.

▶ Embedded in the Vision & Mission statement

(Educational Reform, 2015)

The Manifestation of Hidden Curriculum

▶ Rituals: celebrations and ceremonies, rites of passage, and

shared quirks and mannerisms.
 
▶ Hero Making: role models, hierarchies, public rewards, and
mentors.
▶ Storytelling: shared humor, common anecdotes, foundation
myths, and both oral and written history.
▶ Symbolic Display: decoration, artwork, trophies, and
architecture.
▶ Rules: etiquette, formal rules, taboos, and tacit permissions
 Hidden Curriculum

Cultural
Objectives Values & Groups
Expectation

Cutural
perspect Hidden Rules &
Content Curriculum ives curriculum Reinforcement

Teaching
Assessment Strategies

Empowerment
 "Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of
Work" by: Jean Anyon (September 15, 1978 until June 20,
1979)

▶ 5 schools observed at Northen New Jersey

Working Class Middle Class affluent executive elite

School School professional school school

LOTS LOTS HOTS

HOTS

Getting the right

Grammar Problem solving
answers

Answer question lists Rarely asked to do Creative writing Communication &

created by teachers creative writing Presentation skills
Reference

▶ Scott, John. [Editor]. (2015). A dictionary of Sociology. 4th ed. Oxford

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