Determinants of Primary School Choice in Malaysia: School Proximity and Ethnicity-Related Reasons

Autor/inn/en	Ting, Su-Hie; Lee, Diana Phooi-Yan
Titel	Determinants of Primary School Choice in Malaysia: School Proximity and Ethnicity-Related Reasons
Quelle	In: Journal of School Choice, 13 (2019) 2, S.228-254 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1558-2159
DOI	10.1080/15582159.2019.1574464
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; School Choice; Parent Attitudes; Decision Making; Social Influences; Proximity; Ethnicity; Teaching Methods; Reputation; Gender Differences; Peer Influence; School Personnel; Language of Instruction; Elementary Schools; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Age Differences; Socioeconomic Status; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Elternverhalten; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Sozialer Einfluss; Lebensnähe; Ethnizität; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Geschlechterkonflikt; Schulpersonal; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status
Abstract	The study examined determinants of primary school choice among parents in Malaysia, and the decision maker and social influences in the school choice. It draws on qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with 43 middle-class parents from three ethnic groups (Chinese, Malay, and Indigenous). Results showed that school proximity and ethnicity-related reasons are leading factors influencing parental school choice. Medium of instruction, school academic reputation, and feeder to a preferred secondary school appear to be separate reasons but act as a proxy to ethnicity as the primary factor determining the choice of Chinese- or Malay-medium primary school by parents. The results also showed that mothers are more likely to make school choice decisions than fathers, but the reasons for school choice are similar. The primary social influences on their school choice come from friends and education personnel in preschools and schools. The Indigenous parents tend to be more subject to social pressure in making school choices than the Chinese and Malay parents, who mostly enroll their children in Chinese- and Malay-medium primary schools, respectively. However, these findings on school choice and ethnic segregation are limited to this sample and constrained by the socio-political context of the education system. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01