An ethnographic qualitative study on the Malaysian preschool and special needs’ children home and school reading habits

This research is a qualitative research, exploring the reasons behind why the level of literacy in Malaysian students are quite low. The research delved into identifying ways to implement reading habits to preschool and special education children. The purpose which guides this research is that acco...

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Main Authors:	Diyana, Kamarudin, Yasmin, Hussain, Applegate, Brooks, Mohd Hanafi, Mohd Yasin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universitas Sebelas Maret 2018
Subjects:	HD Industries. Land use. Labor
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spelling	ump-239272019-01-23T04:26:34Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23927/ An ethnographic qualitative study on the Malaysian preschool and special needs’ children home and school reading habits Diyana, Kamarudin Yasmin, Hussain Applegate, Brooks Mohd Hanafi, Mohd Yasin HD Industries. Land use. Labor This research is a qualitative research, exploring the reasons behind why the level of literacy in Malaysian students are quite low. The research delved into identifying ways to implement reading habits to preschool and special education children. The purpose which guides this research is that according to thestaronline.com on August 18th 2012, an online version of The Star newspaper from Malaysia, the average Malaysian only reads 2 books per year in 1996. This has made the Department of Higher Education worry about the level of proficiency in Malaysian students. This is a qualitative research utilizing open ended questionnaires and interviews as the main form of data collection. Parents were asked to document their open ended questionnaire and participate in an interview session in regards to their home reading habits with their children. In descending order, the themes found most important were implemented into school curriculum, parents should play a bigger role in children’s reading habits and early exposure. Results also indicated that parents in Malaysia do face problems when trying to implement reading culture into their daily lives. Universitas Sebelas Maret 2018 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23927/1/An%20ethnographic%20qualitative%20study.pdf Diyana, Kamarudin and Yasmin, Hussain and Applegate, Brooks and Mohd Hanafi, Mohd Yasin (2018) An ethnographic qualitative study on the Malaysian preschool and special needs’ children home and school reading habits. International Journal of Pedagogy and Teachers Education, 2 (1). pp. 224-234. ISSN 2549-8525 http://dx.doi.org/10.20961/ijpte.v2i1.19902 http://dx.doi.org/10.20961/ijpte.v2i1.19902
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spellingShingle	HD Industries. Land use. Labor Diyana, Kamarudin Yasmin, Hussain Applegate, Brooks Mohd Hanafi, Mohd Yasin An ethnographic qualitative study on the Malaysian preschool and special needs’ children home and school reading habits
description	This research is a qualitative research, exploring the reasons behind why the level of literacy in Malaysian students are quite low. The research delved into identifying ways to implement reading habits to preschool and special education children. The purpose which guides this research is that according to thestaronline.com on August 18th 2012, an online version of The Star newspaper from Malaysia, the average Malaysian only reads 2 books per year in 1996. This has made the Department of Higher Education worry about the level of proficiency in Malaysian students. This is a qualitative research utilizing open ended questionnaires and interviews as the main form of data collection. Parents were asked to document their open ended questionnaire and participate in an interview session in regards to their home reading habits with their children. In descending order, the themes found most important were implemented into school curriculum, parents should play a bigger role in children’s reading habits and early exposure. Results also indicated that parents in Malaysia do face problems when trying to implement reading culture into their daily lives.
format	Article
author	Diyana, Kamarudin Yasmin, Hussain Applegate, Brooks Mohd Hanafi, Mohd Yasin
author_facet	Diyana, Kamarudin Yasmin, Hussain Applegate, Brooks Mohd Hanafi, Mohd Yasin
author_sort	Diyana, Kamarudin
title	An ethnographic qualitative study on the Malaysian preschool and special needs’ children home and school reading habits
title_short	An ethnographic qualitative study on the Malaysian preschool and special needs’ children home and school reading habits
title_full	An ethnographic qualitative study on the Malaysian preschool and special needs’ children home and school reading habits
title_fullStr	An ethnographic qualitative study on the Malaysian preschool and special needs’ children home and school reading habits
title_full_unstemmed	An ethnographic qualitative study on the Malaysian preschool and special needs’ children home and school reading habits
title_sort	ethnographic qualitative study on the malaysian preschool and special needs’ children home and school reading habits
publisher	Universitas Sebelas Maret
publishDate	2018
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23927/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23927/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23927/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23927/1/An%20ethnographic%20qualitative%20study.pdf
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An ethnographic qualitative study on the Malaysian preschool and special needs’ children home and school reading habits

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