Professional development in multicultural education: What can we learn from the Australian context?

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Publication date 06-2022
Journal Teaching and Teacher Education
Article number 103701
Volume | Issue number 114
Number of pages 15
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Psychology Research Institute (PsyRes)
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Research Institute of Child Development and Education (RICDE)
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG)
Abstract
Including data from 3006 in-service primary and secondary public-school teachers in New South Wales,
we investigated the effects of professional development in multicultural education on teachers' beliefs
about the effectiveness of multicultural strategies in fostering a culturally inclusive environment, the
importance of these strategies in providing equitable opportunities for students, and the teachers’
support for monocultural ideologies and practices. Our multilevel structural equation model showed that
teachers who received professional development, especially during their in-service years, had more
positive attitudes and beliefs about multicultural ideologies and practices compared to teachers who did
not undergo professional development.
Document type Article
Note With supplementary file
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2022.103701
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