Malaysian Secondary School History Curriculum and Its Contribution towards Racial Integration

AbstractThis paper attempts to review the historical aspects of the problems arises in history education and provides suggestions for some appropriate measures that will enable students to instil values associated with racial relationship. Next, this paper highlights steps needed to be carried out in schools and the Ministry of Education (MOE) which is hoped to strengthen the teaching and learning methods in the subject of History. We argue that History education can help to shape the attitudes of tolerances, patriotism, citizenship and values in order to create a united nation through the One Malaysian concept