Abstract

Social problems among students are to be observed as getting serious. Due to this, one question related to social and disciplinary problems has been brought up – how far have students learn to internalise and practise good values in their lives. Hence, this article presents findings related to internalization of good values ​​in current scenario among secondary school students. This study used a descriptive survey research design. Data collected through the questionnaire survey involving secondary school students selected in Peninsular Malaysia and supported by semi-structure interview data. The results showed that the overall internalization of good values ​​were at moderately high level. This study found that only three dimensional values ​​that indicate a high level of internalization. The good values are the value of gratitude, patriotism and the value of respect. The 14 dimensional values ​​indicate a moderately high level of internalization. Among these values, the lower is the value of independent, community spirit and the value ​​of diligent. In conclusion, some implications of the study are discussed in this paper in order to develop student’s values.

Details

Title
Penghayatan Nilai Murni dalam kalangan Pelajar Sekolah Menengah Masa Kini
Author
MOHAMAD KHAIRI HJ OTHMAN; SUHID, ASMAWATI; SAMSILAH ROSLAN
Pages
1-20
Section
Articles
Publication year
2015
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Universiti Utara Malaysia
ISSN
13946528
e-ISSN
26008165
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Malay; English
ProQuest document ID
2581890727
Copyright
© 2015. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.