Multicultural Attitude Survey Essay

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Introduction One of the objectives for 21st century teacher preparation programs is to prepare teachers to teach democratic education. To successfully teach democratically, teachers will need a positive multicultural perspective. When this became a known phenomenon it prompted teacher education program to include theories and practices of multicultural education. According to previous research, many pre-service teachers have limited understanding of multicultural education, or have prejudices and discriminatory attitudes. Many people who have stereotypical and prejudices opinions developed it through media outlet, such as the news, movies or advertisements. This study was conducted to identify if a Media Literacy course would have an effect
The questions on the survey included positive and negatives statements in regard to a persons’ multicultural attitude. The data from both tests were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The choices were put into intervals to determine each person individual attitude/score. The intervals are strongly disagree, disagree, undecided, agree, and strongly disagree. To compare the scores of the experiment and control group, independent and paired sample t-test were conducted. The independent t-test was used to find if there was any significance in the mean scores of both groups, and the paired sample t-test compared the pre and posttest scores to determine if the differences between mean scores was significant (Sahin, Celik, and Beligen
After providing a pre and post TMAS test, and reviewing the mean scores of both groups, it was determined that overall the students had a positive multicultural attitude, but after taking the designated courses their was a decline in both groups. In particular, there was a higher decline in the group that took the Media Literacy course. Since there was a significant decline in multicultural attitudes scores after taking the Media Literacy course, it makes way for further research on the effects of the course, and what the declining scores mean for the quality of the program. In general, it could be concluded that education does not always change the way a person feels, and that multicultural education and multicultural attitudes do not correlate. Lastly, it was good news to find that teachers’ multicultural attitudes are mostly positive, and should be viewed as a great start to create a democratic education. However, the decline in scores after taking certain courses should be taken into consideration for a reevaluation of the courses goals, materials and teaching techniques (Sahin, Celik, and Beligen

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