Impact of multicultural environment of Islamic educational institutes on students’ acculturation

The study focuses on the effect of exposure to Multicultural and international environment of an Islamic educational institution on the acculturation of its students. Acculturation has been used in this study with a wide sense of meaning that underscores the sense of co-existence and feeling of unit...

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Main Authors:	Rahath House, Yousef, Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas, Ashraf, Hiba
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	International Journal of Social Science and Humanity(IJSSH) 2017
Subjects:	HM1106 Interpersonal relations. Social behavior HM826 Social institutions L Education (General) LC65 Social aspects of education
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spelling	iium-544912017-01-26T06:52:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/54491/ Impact of multicultural environment of Islamic educational institutes on students’ acculturation Rahath House, Yousef Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas Ashraf, Hiba HM1106 Interpersonal relations. Social behavior HM826 Social institutions L Education (General) LC65 Social aspects of education The study focuses on the effect of exposure to Multicultural and international environment of an Islamic educational institution on the acculturation of its students. Acculturation has been used in this study with a wide sense of meaning that underscores the sense of co-existence and feeling of unity. This study investigated whether the Internationalization process of the International Islamic University, Malaysia, with intergroup contact taking place under optimal conditions helps its students to, appreciate the differences that other cultures bring, be comfortable with differences and also seek diversity of contact. The study employed Miville-Guzman Universality – Diversity Scale, (M-GUDS-S) to collect data by survey method from 400 IIUM undergraduate students selected using Quota sampling. 200 of them were the first year students and the rest were fourth-year students. The result showed that there is a significant improvement in the feeling of unity among the students. The fourth year students showed more appreciation for other cultures and comfort with differences. Based on the finding it has been suggested that if efforts are made to establish optimal conditions for positive intergroup contact to take place, intergroup prejudice can be reduced and problems of co-existence in the Muslim countries and communities can thus be addressed. International Journal of Social Science and Humanity(IJSSH) 2017-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54491/1/Article%20.pdf Rahath House, Yousef and Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas and Ashraf, Hiba (2017) Impact of multicultural environment of Islamic educational institutes on students’ acculturation. International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, 7 (3). pp. 153-157. E-ISSN 2010-3646 http://www.ijssh.org/vol7/811-HA00002.pdf 10.18178/IJSSH
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spellingShingle	HM1106 Interpersonal relations. Social behavior HM826 Social institutions L Education (General) LC65 Social aspects of education Rahath House, Yousef Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas Ashraf, Hiba Impact of multicultural environment of Islamic educational institutes on students’ acculturation
description	The study focuses on the effect of exposure to Multicultural and international environment of an Islamic educational institution on the acculturation of its students. Acculturation has been used in this study with a wide sense of meaning that underscores the sense of co-existence and feeling of unity. This study investigated whether the Internationalization process of the International Islamic University, Malaysia, with intergroup contact taking place under optimal conditions helps its students to, appreciate the differences that other cultures bring, be comfortable with differences and also seek diversity of contact. The study employed Miville-Guzman Universality – Diversity Scale, (M-GUDS-S) to collect data by survey method from 400 IIUM undergraduate students selected using Quota sampling. 200 of them were the first year students and the rest were fourth-year students. The result showed that there is a significant improvement in the feeling of unity among the students. The fourth year students showed more appreciation for other cultures and comfort with differences. Based on the finding it has been suggested that if efforts are made to establish optimal conditions for positive intergroup contact to take place, intergroup prejudice can be reduced and problems of co-existence in the Muslim countries and communities can thus be addressed.
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author	Rahath House, Yousef Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas Ashraf, Hiba
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title	Impact of multicultural environment of Islamic educational institutes on students’ acculturation
title_short	Impact of multicultural environment of Islamic educational institutes on students’ acculturation
title_full	Impact of multicultural environment of Islamic educational institutes on students’ acculturation
title_fullStr	Impact of multicultural environment of Islamic educational institutes on students’ acculturation
title_full_unstemmed	Impact of multicultural environment of Islamic educational institutes on students’ acculturation
title_sort	impact of multicultural environment of islamic educational institutes on students’ acculturation
publisher	International Journal of Social Science and Humanity(IJSSH)
publishDate	2017
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