Teacher Educators Understanding Attitude And Practice Of Multicultural Education The Case Of Bonga College Of Teacher Education

Ethiupia is a counlly afhighly diversified ethnic and cultural groups. To reach all its ethnic and culturalrngroups with quality education, Ihe country needs to have an education system that considersrnmulticulturalism. To this ejjeci. an educational policy in favor of multicultural education has beenrnformulaled and been implemented; its ejjective implementation is the question of th is paper.rnFor the effective implementation of an educational policy, particularly multicultural-based education,rnte(fcher education colleges plc~y significol1l role. In a teacher educalion program, teacher educators playarnIJiv(}/al role in determining the quality of opportunities, experiences, and out comes fhal the ·would bernteachers receive in colleges .. To be role lIIodels in practicing ins/ruction with multicultural perspectives,rnteucher educators need to have knuwledge ofil and hold pusitive attitude towards itjirst.rnAccordingly. this study has aimed at investigatillg teacher educators' awareness, olliLUde and practice ofrnillstruction with multicultural perspectives. All teacher educators (numbered to 78) at Bonga College ofrnTeacher Education have been the subjects oj Ihis sludy. Dala were collected and analyzed usingrnq"antitative and qualitative research methods. Questionnaire, thai comprises of 33 relevant items wasrndesigned and distributed among teacher educators found in the college. Furthermore, 6 interviewrnguidelines (lnd J I itell1S vlubservuliull checklist were und utilized Iv gather dalaji-om 20-sample teacherrneducators.rnThe resulfs revealed fhal the teacher eell/culors (under quesNol1) were aware oj lIIullieullural educalion.rnLikewise, Ihey Iriggered posiNve allilude towards leaching "l'vilh multicultural perspectives. Nevertheless,rnIhe quantitative and (IUalitutive dola al7o~vs is resu!ls depictlhal lhe leacher educators l>vel'e unclear aboulrnIIIJII' to oiler illstruetioll Il'it" IIIlIltieultllml spirit. As a result, they were poorly practicing leaching Jroll1rnmlliticultural perspeClires.rnThe/indings imply that teacher educators need to be provided with on intensive and sustainable trainingrnthat equip them with skills and strategies to instruct with multicultural consideration. In connection, therndolo suggesllhalleor:her educ£llors need discussion on diversity, education and national integra/ion.

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