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Rissanen, Inkeri; Kuusisto, Elina; McMullen, Jake – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2023
Manifestations of educational inequity in diversifying societies have led to a wide acknowledgement of the need to develop all teachers' competencies to work in the context of diversity. The domain of beliefs and attitudes is generally included as one key component of teachers' intercultural competence, but there is little consensus over what the…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Teacher Attitudes, Multicultural Education, Cultural Awareness
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Rissanen, Inkeri; Kuusisto, Elina – British Educational Research Journal, 2023
Cultural heterogenisation of classrooms and existing achievement gaps have led to an acknowledgement of the need to develop teachers' intercultural competencies. A growth mindset (a belief that intelligence, personality and other such qualities can be cultivated) predicts positive intergroup attitudes and reduces stereotyping, but has not been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Social Justice
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Kuusisto, Elina; Schutte, Ingrid – Environmental Education Research, 2023
Given the prominence of sustainability in current global crises and the commitment of societies to the Sustainable Development Goals, this mixed methods study ascertains how Dutch higher education students (N = 549) integrate sustainability into their life purposes. From quantitative data, we identified four purpose profiles: purposeful (33%),…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, College Students, Student Characteristics