Exploring Primary School Teachers' Multicultural Competence and Its Correlates

Autor/in	Alemu, Yirgalem
Titel	Exploring Primary School Teachers' Multicultural Competence and Its Correlates
Quelle	In: African Educational Research Journal, 5 (2017) 3, S.1941-99 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2354-2160
Schlagwörter	Cultural Awareness; Elementary School Teachers; Multicultural Education; Teacher Competencies; Scores; Second Languages; Language Proficiency; Age Differences; Teaching Experience; Gender Differences; Case Studies; Teacher Education Programs; Foreign Countries; Ethiopia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Lehrkunst; Second language; Zweitsprache; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ausland; Äthiopien
Abstract	The study examined multicultural competence of primary school in-service teachers at one of the local teachers training colleges. Data was collected from 183 in-service teachers who were randomly selected from all batches of students (first year to fourth year). Multicultural teaching competence scale that had 44 items was used as an instrument to collect data. The result revealed that the majority of the participants were sure about knowledge dimension of the competence scale but not sure about their skill competence. The t-test result showed that the participants who had taken multicultural training had significantly higher mean score in awareness, knowledge, and skill domains compared to the participants who had not taken multicultural instruction/training. The number of languages participants could speak was also a good predictor of multicultural competence. However, age and teaching experiences, stream and gender were not significantly related to multicultural competence. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01