Teachers' multicultural sensitivity predicts developmentally appropriate beliefs and practices in the classroom-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Teachers' multicultural sensitivity predicts developmentally appropriate beliefs and practices in the classroom

Published:2020-11-16 Issue:ahead-of-print Volume:ahead-of-print Page:
ISSN:2046-3162
Container-title:Asian Education and Development Studies
language:en
Short-container-title:AEDS

Author:

Leung Chi Hung

Abstract

PurposeIn the current study, the author tests a conceptual model in which teachers' knowledge and skills of multiculturalism and teaching relationship (cultural harmony) are associated with developmentally appropriate practices (DAPs), developmentally appropriate (DABs), developmentally inappropriate beliefs and developmentally inappropriate practices (DIPs) in the classroom.Design/methodology/approachParticipants were 347 preschool teachers from 12 preschools including 342 women ( 98.6%) and five men (1.4%) aged 24–45 years located across all five districts of Hong Kong. The hypothesized model of multicultural teaching competency as a predictor of DABs and DAPs is confirmed in the present study.FindingsMulticultural teaching knowledge can enhance developmentally appropriate teaching beliefs and practices and reduce DIPs. It is highly recommended that multicultural education can be embedded in early childhood education (ECE) programs for both in-service and preservice teachers.Originality/valueA new conceptual model of teachers' knowledge and skills of multiculturalism and teaching relationship (cultural harmony) associated with DABs, developmentally inappropriate beliefs and DAPs in the classroom was firstly examined.

Publisher

Emerald

Subject

General Social Sciences

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