Diversity, Social Justice, and the Educational Leader
Abstract
Based on data from the National Center for Education Statistics in the United States, the public school student population is becoming more diverse (2003, 2011). As a result of this, teachers need to be culturally competent so they can meet the unique needs of the diverse student body they will be teaching. This quantitative study offers an examination into the creation of an instrument, the Multicultural Awareness, Skills, and Knowledge Survey (MASKS), used to measure the cultural competency of pre-service teachers, as well as a preliminary analysis of the data findings. This document provides a description of the steps used to create the MASKS, the results of the pilot and final field test of the instrument, and concludes with the study findings.
Recommended Citation
Jones, Jeannette and Walker, Scott L.
(2017)
"The Development of the Multicultural Awareness, Skills, and Knowledge Survey: An Instrument for Assessing the Cultural Competency of Pre-service Teachers,"
Diversity, Social Justice, and the Educational Leader: Vol. 1:
No.
2, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uttyler.edu/dsjel/vol1/iss2/5