Cross Ethnic Friendship among Multi-ethnic Students and Teacher’s Role in Supporting Cultural Diversity in School

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Main Authors: Yasmin, Ahmad, Mohd Kasturi Nor, Abd Aziz, Suzana, Sulaiman, Suhana, Abdul Mutalib, Nurul Naimah, Rose
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spelling my.unimap-691892020-12-31T01:14:12Z Cross Ethnic Friendship among Multi-ethnic Students and Teacher’s Role in Supporting Cultural Diversity in School Yasmin, Ahmad Mohd Kasturi Nor, Abd Aziz Suzana, Sulaiman Suhana, Abdul Mutalib Nurul Naimah, Rose yasminahmad@unimap.edu.my Cross ethnic Friendship Students Link to publisher's homepage at https://www.matec-conferences.org/ This article presents an in-depth discussion about cross ethnic friendship among students and teacher's role in supporting the cultural diversity that exists in school. The school which consist of students from various ethnic groups provide space and opportunities for students to interact socially with peers either from the same or other ethnic groups. On the other hand, the school that consists of only one ethnic group limits the opportunity for students to interact with friends from different ethnic groups. Students who have attended the schools that are not diverse in terms of ethnicity were reported having more friends from the same ethnic group. A positive relationship between individuals from different ethnic groups led to the reduction in prejudice, enhance the sense of common identity and closeness among individuals. Teachers as agents of unity should play an important role in assisting students to acquire the necessary social skills that enables them to interact effectively with students from different ethnic, cultural and languages which consequently create a harmony cross ethnic friendships among multi-ethnic students in school. 2020-12-31T01:14:12Z 2020-12-31T01:14:12Z 2018 Article MATEC Web of Conferences, vol.150, 2018, 5 pages 2261-236X (online) http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/69189 https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201815005057 en Malaysia Technical Universities Conference on Engineering and Technology (MUCET 2017); EDP Sciences
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topic Cross ethnic
Friendship
Students
spellingShingle Cross ethnic
Friendship
Students
Yasmin, Ahmad
Mohd Kasturi Nor, Abd Aziz
Suzana, Sulaiman
Suhana, Abdul Mutalib
Nurul Naimah, Rose
Cross Ethnic Friendship among Multi-ethnic Students and Teacher’s Role in Supporting Cultural Diversity in School
description Link to publisher's homepage at https://www.matec-conferences.org/
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Yasmin, Ahmad
Mohd Kasturi Nor, Abd Aziz
Suzana, Sulaiman
Suhana, Abdul Mutalib
Nurul Naimah, Rose
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author Yasmin, Ahmad
Mohd Kasturi Nor, Abd Aziz
Suzana, Sulaiman
Suhana, Abdul Mutalib
Nurul Naimah, Rose
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title Cross Ethnic Friendship among Multi-ethnic Students and Teacher’s Role in Supporting Cultural Diversity in School
title_short Cross Ethnic Friendship among Multi-ethnic Students and Teacher’s Role in Supporting Cultural Diversity in School
title_full Cross Ethnic Friendship among Multi-ethnic Students and Teacher’s Role in Supporting Cultural Diversity in School
title_fullStr Cross Ethnic Friendship among Multi-ethnic Students and Teacher’s Role in Supporting Cultural Diversity in School
title_full_unstemmed Cross Ethnic Friendship among Multi-ethnic Students and Teacher’s Role in Supporting Cultural Diversity in School
title_sort cross ethnic friendship among multi-ethnic students and teacher’s role in supporting cultural diversity in school
publisher EDP Sciences
publishDate 2020
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/69189
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