Malaysian Indian Students‟ Attitude, Awareness And Practice Of Indian Traditional Knowledge For Sustainability
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Date
2012-02
Authors
Marimuthu, Nagamah
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
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The purpose of the study was to investigate the Form Four Malaysian Indian science stream students‟ attitude towards science and awareness of the relevance of science and their parents‟ views on them. A QUAN-Qual mix-method model with a survey and interview method was used to design and analyze the research. The data collection for the survey method consisted of two sets of questionnaires. The samples for the study consisted of 80 males and 80 females with equal number of urban and rural students and their parents. An „interview question guide‟ with semi structured questions was used to collect the data for the interview method. Five students and their parents were selected for the study. A Two-way ANOVA and a Two-way MANOVA analysis was used for the quantitative study and a descriptive data analyze was used for the qualitative study. The Two-Way ANOVA results showed that the students‟ attitude to science based on gender was statistically significant where the male students have a positive attitude towards science than their female counterparts. The MANOVA findings showed that there was a significant difference between the locality of the students on the linear combination of awareness of the relevance of science in daily lives on food and diet, disease prevention and healing activities and environment friendly practices where the urban students have higher awareness than the rural students. The interview findings showed that science plays an important role in the students‟ daily practices for a healthy lifestyle, yet their „inbuilt‟ spiritual and cultural practices still become the guiding force in handling the natural resources and contributing to the goal of sustainability.
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Malaysian Indian science stream students , attitude towards science and awareness