TY - JOUR
T1 - Diversity beliefs are associated with orientations to teaching for diversity and social justice
T2 - A study among German and Finnish student teachers
AU - Rissanen, Inkeri
AU - Kuusisto, Elina
AU - Timm, Susanne
AU - Kaukko, Mervi
PY - 2023/3
Y1 - 2023/3
N2 - This mixed methods study explored German (n = 477) and Finnish (n = 379) student teachers' color-blind, multiculturalist, and polyculturalist diversity beliefs. Statistical analyses identified polyculturalism and multiculturalism as the most prominent diversity beliefs among the student teachers and detected associations between diversity belief profiles and student teachers' orientations to teaching for diversity and social justice. Polyculturalism, in particular, emerged as significant predictor of student teachers’ orientations to teaching for diversity and social justice. Qualitative analysis of responses to open-ended questions revealed that polyculturalism was internalized by the student teachers superficially. The implications of the findings for further research and teacher education are discussed.
AB - This mixed methods study explored German (n = 477) and Finnish (n = 379) student teachers' color-blind, multiculturalist, and polyculturalist diversity beliefs. Statistical analyses identified polyculturalism and multiculturalism as the most prominent diversity beliefs among the student teachers and detected associations between diversity belief profiles and student teachers' orientations to teaching for diversity and social justice. Polyculturalism, in particular, emerged as significant predictor of student teachers’ orientations to teaching for diversity and social justice. Qualitative analysis of responses to open-ended questions revealed that polyculturalism was internalized by the student teachers superficially. The implications of the findings for further research and teacher education are discussed.
U2 - 10.1016/j.tate.2022.103996
DO - 10.1016/j.tate.2022.103996
M3 - Article
VL - 123
JO - TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION
JF - TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION
SN - 0742-051X
M1 - 103996
ER -