Challenges and Prospects of Cultural Diversity of School Leadership, Teachers and Students in Multicultural School: In The Case of Bingham Academy
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2024-10
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Addis Ababa University
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The objective of this study was to assess and describe the challenges and prospects of cultural diversity of school leadership, teachers and students in a multicultural school. Mixed method and exploratory design were employed. The study included 164 students, 1 Principal, 2 Vice Principals and 16 main teachers. Simple random sampling technique was employed to select students and teacher samples. Questionnaire, semi-structured interview and document analysis were used as data gathering instruments. The necessary primary data were generated from students, the principal and vice principals. Besides, secondary data were collected from written documents and different records about multicultural classrooms, arranged events in the Bingham Academy (BA), documents that show prospects and challenges of multicultural classrooms in BA, training minutes and other related documents were carefully examined. The research's most significant conclusions show that there are not enough supportive books that address the ethnic and cultural diversity of the students in the school.. Besides, the study uncovered that principals’ lack commitment to support students’ diversified backgrounds. Therefore, the researcher recommends the school to avail books that are required in multicultural classes. It is also a good idea to provide principals with extensive training on how to effectively and strategically manage multicultural cultural classes.
Key words: Multicultural, Prospects, Challenges
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Multicultural, Prospects, Challenges