Prospective Teachers' Awareness of and Attitudes tow Ards Mul Ticul Tural Education: The Case of Awassa College of Teacher Educa Tion
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2007-08
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Addis Ababa University
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The pUipose of this study was to investigate praspective teachers' awareness on issues of
multicultural education. The study was also aimed at exploring the a/litudes of prospective
teachers towards multicultural issues and its classroom practices. The participants involved in
this study were pwposively selected j'd year students at Awassa College of Teacher Education.
Awareness questionnaire and a/litude scale were used to collect data. Percentage was used to
analyze the data obtained using the two instruments. Correlation coefficienl was also calculated
to examine Ihe relalionship between awareness and attilude. The results indicated that the
marginal majoriry of prospective teachers, 51%, were highly aware of Ihe role of sludents
cull ural background in designing and implementing lessons in multicultural se/lings. Again the
majoriry of the prospective teachers were found to be aware of the concept of multicultural
education The majoriry of Ihe respondents, 60%, believed that teachers in multicultural
classrooms could provide inSlruction is an all inclusive one. Prospective teachers reported to
have posilive attilude towards gender, ability and ethnicily differences of students. From these, it
was concluded that these prospeclive leachers are with high awareness and positive at/ilude
towards lI1ulticullural educalion and its classroom practices.
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Ards Mul Ticul Tural Education