Teachers’ beliefs about diversity: an analysis from a personal and professional perspective

The purpose of this study was to examine the beliefs that teachers have about diversity and their level of sensitivity towards some topics related to it. Moreover, beliefs were compared according to teachers’ personal and professional views and teaching experience. The Personal and Professional Beliefs about Diversity Scales (Pohan and Aguilar, 1999) were administered to a sample of 233 teachers. Results showed highly positive beliefs towards diversity in all its dimensions (cultural, linguistic and social diversity, ability, gender, sexual orientation and religion), especially regarding its personal implications compared to the professional ones. Likewise, it was observed a significant relationship between years of teaching experience and professional beliefs about diversity, so teachers with no school experience showed a higher tolerance than those with teaching experience, mainly in aspects related to cultural, linguistic and social differences, ability and gender. The implications that these results have for educational practice and the need for the development of multicultural education courses that favour an effective teaching are discussed.

The soul of the Bantu; a sympathetic study of the magico-religious practices and beliefs of the Bantu tribes of Africa,

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Student drug use, attitudes, and beliefs /

Description based on: 1975-1982.

Ingersollia.: Gems of thought from the lectures, speeches, and conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, representative of his opinions and beliefs ...

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Recollections of a New England educator, 1838-1908 : reminiscences--biographical, pedagogical, historical /

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Distinction and the criticism of beliefs

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The beliefs of Swami Dayanand Saraswati as given in his "Satyarth prakash",

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Pädagogische Monatshefte = Pedagogical monthly /

Description based on surrogate of: Jahrg. 1, Heft 1 (Dez. 1899); title from caption.

Catalog of the pedagogical library,

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Ingersollia : Gems of thought from the lectures, speeches, and conversations of Robert G. Ingersoll, representative of his opinions and beliefs ... /

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Habit and its importance in education; an essay in pedagogical psychology.

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Popular antiquities of Great Britain. Faiths and folklore; a dictionary of national beliefs, superstitions and popular customs, past and current, with their classical and foreign analogues described and illustrated.

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Universal beliefs;

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Life beyond death, being a review of the world's beliefs on the subject, a consideration of present conditions of thought and feeling, leading to the question as to whether it can be demonstrated as a fact, to which is added An appendix containing some hints as to personal experiences and opinions,

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FDA consumer nutrition knowledge survey : a nationwide study of food shopper's knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and reported behavior regarding food and nutrition /

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