Journal Articles
Teachers' multicultural sensitivity predicts developmentally appropriate beliefs and practices in the classroom
- Teachers' multicultural sensitivity predicts developmentally appropriate beliefs and practices in the classroom
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- 2020
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- Hong Kong
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- Pre-Primary Education
- Purpose - In 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/approach - Participants 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.Findings - Multicultural 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/value - A 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. Copyright © 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited.
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- English
- Journal Articles
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- 20463162
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/2c0ae58e
- 2021-01-15
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