Journal of Education and Practice, vol.7, no.34, pp.81-90, 2016 (Refereed Journals of Other Institutions)
This study aimed to explore a valid and
realiable way to raise the
level of multiculturalism awareness of teachers. 61 (37 female, 24 male) trainee teachers from seven regions of Turkey attended the study. Mixed method (One-group pretest-posttest design and content analysis) was employed to have better results. The results are; (1) the
multiculturalism
perceptions of trainee
teacher were high before the experimental application, (2) the multiculturalism level of perception did not change based on gender, age, region of birth
and graduation type, (3) the experimental application made statistically meaningful
difference in
favor of post tests, (4) the perception level of trainee
teachers did not change based on
gender, age, region of
birth and graduation
type after the experimental
application (5) the qualitative results of the study
support the findings of quantitative results. It is expected
to provide a useful perspective to
decision/policy makers with this study. Keywords: Media, Multicultural teacher education, Teacher beliefs,
Curriculum, Learning