Level of social cohesion of Malaysian youths as a community of practice in a youth development program
This paper describes the level of social cohesion of Malaysian youths as a community of practice based on the perspective of social learning theory. Youths’ social environment was examined as the medium of interactions to measure their levels of social cohesion. . Community of practice of yout...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2020
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17001/1/44250-142081-1-SM.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17001/ https://ejournal.ukm.my/ebangi/issue/view/1352 |
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| Institution: | Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | This paper describes the level of social cohesion of Malaysian youths as a community of practice
based on the perspective of social learning theory. Youths’ social environment was examined as
the medium of interactions to measure their levels of social cohesion. . Community of practice of
youths focused on the major domains of development, and their practice through active
participation in a youth development program. The application of the framework of community of
practice was measured to ascertain the level of social cohesion among youths in Malaysia. This
study employed both quantitative and qualitative approaches. A total of 265 respondents consist
of youths who were actively participating in the Duke of Edinburgh International Award. The level
of social cohesion among the youths was 63.4%.The findings indicate that the more community
program conducted, the higher the level of social cohesion among youth. The parameters of social
cohesion were also examined by analyzing youths’ participation and engagement in the award
development program. Sustainability of youth development program in Malaysia is found to
dependent on levels of youths’social cohesion. |
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