초등 예비교사의 다문화 태도 및 다문화교육 효능감에 관한 연구

Abstract

This study is to provide the basic data for the implementation of the curriculum for the elementary pre-service teachers based on the analysis of the multicultural attitude and multicultural education efficacy of the elementary pre-service teacher. For this, the survey targeting the students at the university of education and the frequency analysis were used as the statistical analysis methods. The questionnaire included the items of the multicultural experience and recognition in order to investigate the background variables and multicultural attitude of the participants and of the directive capacity of multicultural education, the teaching-learning method and contents of the multicultural education, and the effect factors of multicultural education in order to investigate the multicultural efficacy. The results of the research were as follows; Firstly, with regard to the background variables of the elementary pre-service teacher, 110 participants (54.7%) were found to have the overseas trips, 147 participants to participate in the general club activities, and 187 participants (93.0%) to engage in the voluntary services. On the other hand, 188 participants (93.5%) were found not to experience the club activities associated with the multiple cultures and only 35 participants (17.4) were found to have experience of engaging in the voluntary services, which shows that the club activities and the voluntary services associated with the multiple cultures were revealed to experience at a significantly lower rate. Secondly, feeling in meeting a foreigner varied widely on his/her nationality and complexion and the students were found to have much less understanding of the cultures of Asian region than those of the United states and Europe. Thirdly, the female students were found to be higher in the multicultural experience and recognition affecting the multicultural attitude than the male students, which shows the significant difference in the multicultural recognition (p<.001) on their gender. Fourthly, with regard to the multicultural education efficacy, the directive capacity of multicultural education (p<.05), the teaching-learning method and contents of the multicultural education (p<.001) among the sub-factors were found to be significantly different on the participants' gender. Fifthly, the multicultural experience was found to be a predictor have an independent effect on the multicultural attitude and the multicultural education efficacy, which reveals that the multicultural experience has a significant correlationship with the multicultural recognition and the multicultural education efficacy. The expanded understanding and receptivity of the multiracial and multicultural society need to be paired with the various methods of the multicultural education. In addition, the educational contents placing an emphasis on the multicultural attitude and receptivity shall be constructed for the elementary school lower graders in order for the elementary pre-service teachers to have a appropriate multicultural attitude and the multicultural education efficacy.