Malaysian adolescents’ moral awareness and cultural conformity: some implications for today’s educational management
It has been reported in printed and electronic media that moral decadency among Malaysian adolescents is on the rise. 2 Such decadency is attributed by a host of “nature versus nurture” debatable factors. This study aims at describing the moral awareness and cultural conformity of Malaysian ad...
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| author | Abd Hamid, Siti Rafiah Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Suryani Ismail, Khamsiah Rais, Haniza |
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| description | It has been reported in printed and electronic media that moral
decadency among Malaysian adolescents is on the rise. 2
Such
decadency is attributed by a host of “nature versus nurture”
debatable factors. This study aims at describing the moral awareness
and cultural conformity of Malaysian adolescents. A questionnaire
was administered on 200 respondents. Preliminary findings indicated
that the respondents’ conformed positively to their cultural
expectations (M= 3.92; SD= .92) and have positive moral awareness
is (M = 4.40; SD = .85). These findings were perceived instrumental
to the current classroom managements, school counseling services
and choice of parenting styles in Malaysia. |
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| spelling | iium-705702019-02-26T04:09:07Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/70570/ Malaysian adolescents’ moral awareness and cultural conformity: some implications for today’s educational management Abd Hamid, Siti Rafiah Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Suryani Ismail, Khamsiah Rais, Haniza L Education (General) LC65 Social aspects of education It has been reported in printed and electronic media that moral decadency among Malaysian adolescents is on the rise. 2 Such decadency is attributed by a host of “nature versus nurture” debatable factors. This study aims at describing the moral awareness and cultural conformity of Malaysian adolescents. A questionnaire was administered on 200 respondents. Preliminary findings indicated that the respondents’ conformed positively to their cultural expectations (M= 3.92; SD= .92) and have positive moral awareness is (M = 4.40; SD = .85). These findings were perceived instrumental to the current classroom managements, school counseling services and choice of parenting styles in Malaysia. IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia 2018-12-31 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70570/1/70570_Malaysian%20adolescents%E2%80%99%20moral%20awareness_article.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70570/2/70570_Malaysian%20adolescents%E2%80%99%20moral%20awareness_scopus.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70570/13/70570_Malaysian%20adolescents%E2%80%99%20moral%20awareness_WoS.pdf Abd Hamid, Siti Rafiah and Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Suryani and Ismail, Khamsiah and Rais, Haniza (2018) Malaysian adolescents’ moral awareness and cultural conformity: some implications for today’s educational management. Al-Shajarah, Special Issue (Special Issue: Education 2018). pp. 131-153. ISSN 1394-6870 http://journals.iium.edu.my/shajarah/index.php/shaj/article/view/759/353 |
| spellingShingle | L Education (General) LC65 Social aspects of education Abd Hamid, Siti Rafiah Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Suryani Ismail, Khamsiah Rais, Haniza Malaysian adolescents’ moral awareness and cultural conformity: some implications for today’s educational management |
| title | Malaysian adolescents’ moral awareness and cultural conformity: some implications for today’s educational management |
| title_full | Malaysian adolescents’ moral awareness and cultural conformity: some implications for today’s educational management |
| title_fullStr | Malaysian adolescents’ moral awareness and cultural conformity: some implications for today’s educational management |
| title_full_unstemmed | Malaysian adolescents’ moral awareness and cultural conformity: some implications for today’s educational management |
| title_short | Malaysian adolescents’ moral awareness and cultural conformity: some implications for today’s educational management |
| title_sort | malaysian adolescents’ moral awareness and cultural conformity: some implications for today’s educational management |
| topic | L Education (General) LC65 Social aspects of education |
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