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Childist elements in current Malay language supplementary readers for primary level
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Type
Undergraduate Educational Research Paper
Citation
Muhammad Khairool Haque & Kartini Anwar. (2023). Childist elements in current Malay language supplementary readers for primary level [Dean's Commendation for Undergraduate Educational Research Papers selection, Nanyang Technological University]. NIE Digital Repository. https://hdl.handle.net/10497/28897
Abstract
Literacy-building materials in primary school classrooms do not only improve language abilities, but also play an essential role in the construction of their own identity as children. In the Malay Language syllabus for primary school students named Cekap (2015), a series of supplementary readers known as buku kecil (literally translated as the small book) are included for Primary One to Four students. These books utilise narrative storylines. Additionally, language-based exercises are extracted from these books and provided within the activity books. This study examines 32 supplementary readers within the syllabus. Using childism as a theoretical framework, the content analysis seeks to uncover biases, prejudices and misrepresentations of children and childhood within the mentioned books.
Date Issued
2023
Publisher
National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University (NIE NTU), Singapore
Date Submitted
2023