Author/Authors :
onur sezer, gönül uludağ üniversitesi - eğitim fakültesi - temel eğitim bölümü, sınıf eğitimi anabilim dalı, Bursa, turkey , bağçeli kahraman, pınar uludağ üniversitesi - eğitim fakültesi - temel eğitim bölümü, okul öncesi eğitimi anabilim dalı, Bursa, turkey
Title Of Article :
The Relationship Between The Attitudes of Classroom and Preschool Teacher Candidates Towards Multicultural Education and Their Intercultural Sensitivities: Sample of Uludag University
Abstract :
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the attitudes of preschool and classroom teacher candidates towards multicultural education and their intercultural sensitivity. With this aim the attitudes of teacher candidates towards multicultural education according to their departments and surrounding environment is analyzed and determined if there is a difference between their intercultural sensitivities. General screening model was used in the research. The sample of the research was formed of 110 classroom and 103 preschool teacher candidates studying at Uludag University Faculty of Education. Personal Information Form, Multicultural Education Attitude Scale and Intercultural Sensitivity Scale were used. The distribution was determined to be normal as a result of Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality test. Therefore, Kruskall Wallis-H (KWH) and Mann Whitney U (MWU) test was used. Also, correlation analysis was used in order to determine the relationship between the attitudes of classroom and preschool teacher candidates towards multicultural education and their intercultural sensitivity levels. It was determined as a result of the study that the attitudes of classroom and preschool teacher candidates towards multicultural education and their intercultural sensitivities are high and there is a significant relation between these two attitudes in a positive way. A significant difference wasn’t found between the attitudes of teacher candidates towards multicultural education and their intercultural sensitivity levels according to their departments and surrounding environment.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Multicultural education , intercultural sensitivity , classroom teachers’ program , preschool teachers’ program , teacher candidates
JournalTitle :
Mersin University Journal Of The Faculty Of Education
