Teachers Awareness Attitude And Practices Of Multicultlism In Education. The Case Of Eshet Primary School In Addis Ababa

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The purpose of the study was to explore teachers ' awareness, attitude and their practicesrntowards multiculturalism in education. To realize the objectives data was collected fromrnEshet government primary school }i'om the principal, teachers and students through inrndepth interviews, and observation. Relevant documentary sources were also analyzed.rnThe participants for intervinv were selected purposely based on their willingness,rncooperation, academic pelformance and responsibility. Fourteen participants i. e. thernschool's principal, nine teachers and four students were interviewed.rnThe finding disclosed that teachers' awareness towards multiculturalism inrneducation was limited but encouraging. The study revealed that teachers' have goodrnunder standing of students' diversity mainly in terms of culture, gender, economic status,rnlanguage and exceptionalities but, showed reservation to talk about their awareness ofrnethnicity and religion. The reason for teachers ' reservation was, talking about ethnicityrnand religion as potential to }i'agment the social cohesion of peoples. Teacher- studentrnrelationship was good. Moreover, teachers' have desirable attitude to words diversityrnand multiculturalism. On the other hand, teachers' practices to present the lesson fromrndiverse points of views, the techniques of leaching, teachers apply, their practice to usernteaching aids }i'om multicultural perspectives and efforts to create good relationshiprnamong students of diverse cultures were no/ as much as expec/ed to be. Consequently, forrninstance, there was lack of mutual respection among students during the classroomrnin/eraction. Possible attempts have been made /0 identify those factors for teachers'rnfailure in practicing multiculturalism in education. These were absence of training,rngiving due attention to coverage of the course and lack of understanding. Finally,rnpossible solutions were proposed to improve the observed state of affairs.

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Teachers Awareness Attitude And Practices Of Multicultlism In Education. The Case Of Eshet Primary School In Addis Ababa

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