ERIC Number: EJ1243835
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Jun
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0196-5042
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Preservice Teachers' Multicultural Attitudes, Intercultural Sensitivity, and Their Multicultural Teaching Efficacy
Kim, Hyunjin; Connelly, Jillian
Educational Research Quarterly, v42 n4 p3-20 Jun 2019
This study examined early childhood preservice teachers' multicultural teaching efficacy and its association with their multicultural attitudes and intercultural sensitivity. A total of 90 preservice teachers enrolled in an early childhood teacher education program in a state university in the Northeast U.S. were included in this study. The results showed that preservice teachers' multicultural attitude and all five sub-constructs of intercultural sensitivity including overall cultural sensitivity were positively related with multicultural teaching efficacy. The results also showed that preservice teachers' attitudes and beliefs are significant factors in early childhood preservice teachers' multicultural teaching efficacy. This study discusses educational implications in ways of enhancing preservice teachers' sense of multicultural teaching efficacy.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Cultural Awareness, Multicultural Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Correlation, Student Attitudes, Teacher Education Programs, State Universities, Student Diversity, Measures (Individuals), Intercultural Communication
Behavioral Research Press. Grambling State University, Math Department, P.O. Box 1191, Grambling, LA 71245. Tel: 318-274-2425; Web site: http://erquarterly.org/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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