REVIEWING SCIENCE EDUCATION RESEARCH IN SOCIOCULTURE PERSPECTIVE

Shafiah Abdul Rashid, Zanaton H. Iksan, Khadijah Abdul Razak, Azman Yusof, Mariati Mohd. Salleh

Abstract


In order to ensure that our country is able to provide enough human capital in the future, Malaysia  is striving hard to improve the quality of its science education system. Various strategies have been regulated but still, the percentage of students taking science  stream keeps dropping each year. Thus, science education scholars need to focus their attention by  examining the impact of socioculture factor on students' interest in science. This article reviews a few socioculture point of views which affect science education progress. It discusses  the pros and contras that arise when modern science  that originates from the west clashes with the culture, traditions and beliefs of non-western students. This study is important to ensure that the human capital produced by our education system is capable of competing at the global stage  without sacrificing our identity, beliefs and cultural heritage.


Keywords


Islam, Western science, Indigenous, Collateral Learning, Religion

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