Pola persahabatan dan hubungan merentasi etnik dalam kalangan murid di sekolah
List of Authors
  • N Vellymalay, Suresh Kumar

Keyword
  • Friendship, pupil, ethnic, school, relationship across ethnic

Abstract
  • Kajian ini meneroka pola persahabatan dan hubungan antara etnik dalam kalangan murid pelbagai etnik di sekolah. Sampel kajian terdiri daripada 1000 murid dari lima buah sekolah menengah di Kedah dan lima buah sekolah menengah di Perak. Temu bual berstruktur digunakan untuk mendapatkan data kuantitatif daripada murid yang dikaji. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa pembentukan persahabatan dalam kalangan murid Melayu, Cina dan India adalah lebih bersifat mengikut etnik berbanding merentasi etnik. Walau bagaimanapun, pembentukan persahabatan merentasi etnik dalam kalangan murid Melayu lebih ditentukan oleh ciri-ciri persamaan budaya yang dikenal pasti dalam budaya lain. Bagi murid Cina dan India, pembentukan persahabatan merentasi etnik lebih ditentukan oleh pengalaman persahabatan lampau merentasi budaya.

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