Naslov
Relation Between Intercultural Sensitivity and Multicultural Teaching Competency of Primary School Teachers

Autori
Blažević, Ines ; Bulić, Mila ; Batarelo Kokić, Ivana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of abstracts / Dubovicki, Snježana ; Huljev, Antonija - Osijek : Fakultet za odgojne i obrazovne znanosti Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, 2022, 33-34

ISBN
978-953-8371-02-8

Skup
International Conference Didactic Challenges 4: Futures Studies in Education

Mjesto i datum
Osijek, Hrvatska, 26.05.2022. - 27.05.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Intercultural sensitivity ; multicultural teaching competency ; primary school teachers

Sažetak
A multicultural society is based on respect for diversity, cooperation, and acceptance, and the educational system in a culturally diverse society should focus on intercultural action, which requires well-prepared and competent teachers. In order to successfully teach in a multicultural society, teachers should have intercultural sensitivity as well as multicultural teaching competence. In the past decades, attempts have been made to implement content related to intercultural education through teacher education study programmes and various forms of teacher training. The main goal of the research was to determine the level of self-assessed intercultural sensitivity and multicultural teaching competencies of primary school teachers while placing the research study results in the context of current literature. The Intercultural Sensitivity Scale was used to collect data on teachers' intercultural sensitivity (Chen and Starosta, 2000), and teachers' selfassessed multicultural competence was examined using the Multicultural Teaching Competency Scale (Spanierman, Oh, Heppner et al., 2011). Both scales were back-translated into Croatian. The empirical research was conducted on a sample of 127 primary school teachers from Split-Dalmatia and Dubrovnik-Neretva counties. The factor structure of the used scales was determined by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The level of self-assessed intercultural sensitivity and multicultural teaching competency of teachers is analysed by the use of descriptive statistics. The results of correlation analysis indicate a strong positive correlation between two aspects of intercultural sensitivity and knowledge of multicultural teaching. The results of this study can be used in further research and in shaping educational policies in an environment of cultural diversity.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pedagogija, Obrazovne znanosti (psihologija odgoja i obrazovanja, sociologija obrazovanja, politologija obrazovanja, ekonomika obrazovanja, antropologija obrazovanja, neuroznanost i rano učenje, pedagoške discipline)

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