Exploring Attitudes and Competence to Teach Diverse Students: A Cross-cultural Study of Teacher Perceptions in Spain and the United States
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Title: | Exploring Attitudes and Competence to Teach Diverse Students: A Cross-cultural Study of Teacher Perceptions in Spain and the United States |
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Authors: | Cardona Moltó, María Cristina | Rao, Shaila | Chiner, Esther | Soffer, Randy |
Research Group/s: | Diversidad, Educación y Género (DEG) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Psicología de la Salud |
Keywords: | Student Diversity | Teacher Attitudes | Competence to Teach Diverse Students | Inclusive Education | Spain | US |
Knowledge Area: | Métodos de Investigación y Diagnóstico en Educación |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
Publisher: | Common Ground Research Networks |
Citation: | The International Journal of Diversity in Education. 2018, 17(4): 19-38. doi:10.18848/2327-0020/CGP/v17i04/19-38 |
Abstract: | In spite of current international debates on issues of diversity, teachers’ attitudes and competence to teach diverse students have been studied to a limited extent comparatively. In this study 225 Spanish and US elementary and secondary teachers were surveyed. Overall, teachers’ attitudes toward student diversity in terms of culture, language, social class, religion, gender/sexual orientation, disability/special talent, academic achievement, and behavior were highly tolerant. No significant main effects by country were found, but elementary teachers had more positive attitudes than secondary teachers. Teachers’ ratings of overall self-competence to teach diverse students were more varied, however. The limitations and educational implications of these findings are discussed. |
Sponsor: | This work was supported by the Department of Education, Generalitat Valenciana, Valencian Community, Valencia, Spain, under grant number AORG/2013-159. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/79209 |
ISSN: | 2327-0020 (Print) | 2327-2163 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.18848/2327-0020/CGP/v17i04/19-38 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © Common Ground Research Networks, M. Cristina Cardona-Moltó, Shaila Rao, Esther Chiner, Randy Soffer |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-0020/CGP/v17i04/19-38 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - DEG - Artículos de Revistas |
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