Examining the self in educational achievement : a comparative study of Chinese and Malay students in Singapore

• Main Author: Low, Fidella Bao Xia
• Other Authors: Patrick Williams
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73722
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study attempts to understand the how the schooling experiences among Malay and Chinese undergraduates construct an identity that sets them on a path for academic achievement. In the process, in-depth interviews are used to explore how one’s successes, failures and challenges faced in school sha...