Investigation of Teachers' Attitudes towards Multiculturalism in Educational Settings

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine teachers' attitudes towards multiculturalism in educational environments in terms of some variables. descriptive survey model and relational survey model among descriptive survey models were used in the study. The population of the study consists of 450 teachers from various levels of formal education institutions working in Aydın and Erzurum in the 2024-2025 academic year, who voluntarily supported the study. Since the sample of the study was very large, sampling was carried out by using the easily accessible sampling method. "Teachers' Multicultural Attitude" scale was used as a data collection tool in the study. The scale was developed by Ponterotto (1998) and his colleagues and adapted into Turkish by Yazıcı, Başol, & Toprak, (2009). Since the data collected from the scale showed normal distribution, t test, one-way ANOVA test and Tukey test, one of the Post Hoc tests, were used to determine which groups were different in multiple comparisons. In line with the findings obtained from the research, it was determined that there was a positive difference between the attitudes of teachers who received training on multiculturalism and teachers who did not receive training on multiculturalism. In addition, it was determined that there was a positive difference between teachers' attitudes towards multiculturalism as their professional seniority increased. On the other hand, according to the educational status, it was determined that the mean scores of the teachers with postgraduate degrees from the multicultural attitude scale differed significantly compared to the teachers with undergraduate degrees.