Indigenous Children's Literacy and Schooling: A Case Study of A Contemporary Orang Asli Community in Malaysia

• Main Author: Renganathan, Sumathi
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); L Education (General)
• Online Access: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/audio; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3414/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

The Orang Asli or literally translated as ‘Original People’ are the Indigenous minority community of Peninsular Malaysia. This paper is based on the findings of an ongoing research project that is aimed at investigating literacy and social practices among the Orang Asli children. Orang Asli have bee...