Abstract:

The difficulties of working with students with cultural differences have increased the importance of educating teaching candidates who are culturally sensitive, who can observe their classes from a multicultural perspective and who can integrate these skills with their own skills. The purpose of this research is to study the role of inter-cultural sensitivity in the relationship between the multicultural attitude of teachers and their self-capacity. The study included 209 (women: 76, men: 133) teachers from a state university in Turkey. The research data is collected with the Teacher Self-Qualification Scale, the Multicultural Teacher Attitude Scale and the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (ISS). The findings have shown that intercultural sensitivity fully mediates the relationship between the multicultural attitude of teachers and the sense of competence of teachers. As a result, it can be said that teachers candidates feel qualified at a level that can turn their positive trends towards multicultural environments into behavioral skills.

Abstract:

The challenges of working with diverse students have made it critical to prepare teacher candidates who are culturally sensitive and can observe the classes through a multicultural lens and integrate these competencies with their self-efficacy. This study aimed to examine the mediation role of intercultural sensitivity on the relationship between teachers' multicultural attitude and sense of efficacy. Two hundred and nine (female: 76, male: 133) teacher candidates participated in the study from a mid-sized state university in Turkey. Data were collected via the Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES), the Teacher Multicultural Attitude Survey (TMAS) and the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (ISS). The results showed that intercultural sensitivity fully mediated the relationship between teacher multicultural attitude and teachers' sense of efficacy. As a result, it can be said that teacher candidates feel themselves competent at the level that they can transform their positive tendencies about multicultural environments into behavioral skills.

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