TY  - JOUR
TI  - Attitudes and Views of Teachers on Multicultural Education: Example  of Social Studies Lesson
AB  - The aim of this study is to evaluate the attitudes and views of social studies and  primary school teachers about multicultural education as they are mainly in charge of  teaching social studies in elementary education. It was designed as a mixed-method  model combining quantitative and qualitative research methods. The research pattern  was explanatory sequential mixed-method design since quantitative data collection  was applied as the primary method and then qualitative data were used to back up the  quantitative data. The study group consisted of social studies and primary school teachers working in Erzurum, a medium-size city in the central northeast of Turkey.  Quantitative data were collected through the "Teachers' Multicultural Education  Attitude Scale" and qualitative data were collected with the "Semi-Structured Interview  Form" developed by the researcher. The quantitative data were analyzed through t Test, One-Way Analysis of Variance and Kruskal-Wallis-H Test, while descriptive  analysis technique was performed to analyze the qualitative data. As a result of the  quantitative analysis, the teachers were found to predominantly have positive views  on multicultural education. As for the qualitative results, the teachers were seen to  have various prejudices and deficient knowledge about multicultural education. In  light of the findings, it is recommended to write educational content to increase  teachers' awareness of multicultural education.
AU  - BELDAG, ADEM
AU  - TEYMUR, NURSEDA
DO  - 10.29299/kefad.1131534
PY  - 2023
JO  - Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Kırşehir Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
VL  - 24
IS  - 1
SN  - 2147-1037
SP  - 1
EP  - 40
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1176719
ER  -