Author/Authors :
Lyndon, Novel Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia , Selvadurai, S. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia , Mat Jali, Mohd Fuad Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia , Besar, Junaidi Awang Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia , Rosniza, Aznie C.R Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Sosial, Pembangunan dan Persekitaran, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia , Ali, Mohd Noor Shahizan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Media dan Komunikasi, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia , Abd Rahim, Mohd Helmi Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Pusat Pengajian Media dan Komunikasi, Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan, Malaysia
Abstract :
Previous studies have affirmed the existence of marked differences between the educational attainment of Bidayuh men and women. Following this, this study examines the factors resposible for the divergence between the genders in Serian District, Sarawak based on the perception and worldview construction of the Bidayuh community itself. As gauged through in-depth interviews with 50 informant- participants of the People s Livelihood Development Scheme (SPKR). This study adopted an idealist ontology and constructionist epistemology which entailed social actors revealing the themes they used in talking about the difference of educational attainment between men and women. The analysis brought forth two main sources of influence of the Bidayuh gendered narratives, namely, indigenous culture and history of the Bidayuh community.
Keywords :
abductive research strategy , Bidayuh community , educational attainment , gender differences , indigenous culture , indigenous history
