• Developing Cross-Cultural Competency through Multicultural Perspective: An Exploratory Inquiry

    Author(s):
    Yvette Pierre, Nirmaljit K. Rathee, Vikramjit Singh Rathee (see profile)
    Date:
    2021
    Subject(s):
    Education, Multiculturalism
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Cultural Attitude Awareness, Cultural Competency, Cultural Knowledge, education, K-12, Multicultural, School Diversity, Teachers
    Permanent URL:
    https://doi.org/10.17613/4rzc-ze88
    Abstract:
    For the past decade, schools at all grade levels in United States continue to consist of students who belong to different culture, and hence the need for culturally competent teachers to address the culturally diverse needs of the students is at its highest peak. One of the ways to impart the attributes of cultural competency to preservice teachers, who will become future teachers, to focus on culturally relevant coursework. This study was carried out via an undergraduate multicultural education course which focused on imparting cultural attitude awareness and cultural knowledge attributes of cultural competency to the students. The influence of this course on these attributes of the students was investigated through a Cultural Competence Survey. The results of this study indicate that experiential and practical aspect of multicultural education has a positive impact on increasing the cultural attitude awareness of the students. It is, hence, a focused, experiential, and practical multicultural education coursework to train culturally competent next generation of teachers.
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