The relationship between engagement in co-curricular diversity and civic responsibility: exploring gender differences

The amount of outside classroom engagement students gains while in the campus is important to develop their civic responsibility. Developing civic responsibility in the students allows the higher education to fulfil their basic mission which is the preparation of good citizen. The aim of this study...

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Main Authors: Subramaniam, Tilagavati, Tamam, Ezhar, Bolong, Jusang, Waheed, Moniza
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Language:English
Published: AkiNik Publications 2021
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author Subramaniam, Tilagavati
Tamam, Ezhar
Bolong, Jusang
Waheed, Moniza
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Tamam, Ezhar
Bolong, Jusang
Waheed, Moniza
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description The amount of outside classroom engagement students gains while in the campus is important to develop their civic responsibility. Developing civic responsibility in the students allows the higher education to fulfil their basic mission which is the preparation of good citizen. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between engagement in co-curricular diversity and civic responsibility. Gender differences were also assessed. co-curricular diversity is involvement of student in sports, clubs, debate, drama, student council, volunteerism and other social events (Bowman, 2011; Denson, 2009; Reason, 2013; Shamsudin, Ismail, Al-Mamun, & Nordin, 2014) [5, 10, 17, 19] . Data are obtained through a survey questionnaire to total of 720 respondents from three public research universities in Malaysia. This study employs quantitative method using Spearman correlation and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The study found that there are some gender differences in the degrees of participation in co-curricular diversity activities and the development of civic responsibility characteristics. The more exposure student in outside classroom experiences, the more develop student civic responsibility. This study shows that there is small disparity between male and female students and their levels of engagement in activities that may ultimately influence engagement in civic life. Present study suggests University should create more co-curricular diversity opportunities for both genders to avoid disparity.
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spelling upm-955802022-08-22T02:22:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95580/ The relationship between engagement in co-curricular diversity and civic responsibility: exploring gender differences Subramaniam, Tilagavati Tamam, Ezhar Bolong, Jusang Waheed, Moniza The amount of outside classroom engagement students gains while in the campus is important to develop their civic responsibility. Developing civic responsibility in the students allows the higher education to fulfil their basic mission which is the preparation of good citizen. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between engagement in co-curricular diversity and civic responsibility. Gender differences were also assessed. co-curricular diversity is involvement of student in sports, clubs, debate, drama, student council, volunteerism and other social events (Bowman, 2011; Denson, 2009; Reason, 2013; Shamsudin, Ismail, Al-Mamun, & Nordin, 2014) [5, 10, 17, 19] . Data are obtained through a survey questionnaire to total of 720 respondents from three public research universities in Malaysia. This study employs quantitative method using Spearman correlation and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The study found that there are some gender differences in the degrees of participation in co-curricular diversity activities and the development of civic responsibility characteristics. The more exposure student in outside classroom experiences, the more develop student civic responsibility. This study shows that there is small disparity between male and female students and their levels of engagement in activities that may ultimately influence engagement in civic life. Present study suggests University should create more co-curricular diversity opportunities for both genders to avoid disparity. AkiNik Publications 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95580/1/The%20relationship%20between%20engagement%20in%20co-curricular%20diversity%20and%20civic%20responsibility%3B%20exploring%20gender%20differences.pdf Subramaniam, Tilagavati and Tamam, Ezhar and Bolong, Jusang and Waheed, Moniza (2021) The relationship between engagement in co-curricular diversity and civic responsibility: exploring gender differences. Asian Journal of Management and Commerce, 2 (1). 78 - 82. ISSN 2708-4515; ESSN: 2708-4523 https://www.allcommercejournal.com/archives/2021.v2.i1.B.41 10.22271/27084515
spellingShingle Subramaniam, Tilagavati
Tamam, Ezhar
Bolong, Jusang
Waheed, Moniza
The relationship between engagement in co-curricular diversity and civic responsibility: exploring gender differences
title The relationship between engagement in co-curricular diversity and civic responsibility: exploring gender differences
title_full The relationship between engagement in co-curricular diversity and civic responsibility: exploring gender differences
title_fullStr The relationship between engagement in co-curricular diversity and civic responsibility: exploring gender differences
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between engagement in co-curricular diversity and civic responsibility: exploring gender differences
title_short The relationship between engagement in co-curricular diversity and civic responsibility: exploring gender differences
title_sort relationship between engagement in co-curricular diversity and civic responsibility: exploring gender differences
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