Volume 29, Issue 5, 2020
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.1082
The Relationship Between The Perception af Multicultural Education and The Managing Diversity Attitudes af Teachers and Administrators af International Imam Hatip High Schools
Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate whether there is a relationship between the managing diversity attitudes of the administrators and teachers of the International Imam Hatip High Schools where foreign students from 56 countries attend who brought to Turkey by Religious Foundation of Turkey and their multicultural education perceptions. The population in this study is composed of administrators and teachers serving in International Anatolian Imam and Preacher High Schools which are connected to the General Directorate of Religious Education under control of Ministry of Education in Turkey in the 2017-2018 academic year, and all the universe has taken into considiration.
In the study, the working universe was composed of administrators and teachers working in the International Anatolian Imam Hatip High Schools, which are under the General Directorate of religious education of the Ministry of National Education in Turkey during the 2017-2018 academic year. The Working Group consists of 160 people, including 16 administrators and 144 teachers who work in these schools. The Personal Information Form to determine the demographic characteristics of the teachers as a measurement tool in the study and the "Multicultural Competence Perceptions Scale" to determine the teachers' multicultural education attitudes; "Diversity Management Scale" was used to determine perceptions of diversity management. The data was analyzed using SPSS 24.00 and AMOS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). Re-validity and reliability studies were carried out for the measurement tools used. T-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Tukey test methods were used in the analysis of data and sub-dimensions. The research was carried out in the relational scanning model, which is the most appropriate model for its purpose. In the research, quantitative data collection technique was used in the relational scanning model.
In the study, A Personal Data Sheet was used to determine the demographics of the teachers, a “multicultural competence perceptions scale†was used to determine the teachers ' attitudes to multicultural education, and a “Diversity Management scale†was used to determine their perceptions of diversity management. There were no significant differences between managers and teachers perceptions of multicultural competence and the management of differences and their gender. But, between perceptions of multicultural competence and experience in the profession; significant differences were found between the management of differences and education status and age status. A positive, moderate relationship was found between the multicultural competence perceptions of administrators and teachers and their diversity management skills. It was observed that as the multicultural competence perceptions of administrators and teachers increased, their differences management skills also increased, and as their multicultural competence perceptions decreased, their differences management skills also decreased. It was concluded that there is a relationship between the multicultural competence perceptions of administrators and teachers and their differences management skills. Multiculturalism and multicultural education in Turkey in recent years with the relevant studies have been undertaken but these concepts can be said new. Such studies will contribute to the solution of problems related to multicultural education in Turkey and is expected to bring solutions.
Keywords
International Imam Orator Schools, Multicultural Education, Diversity Management