Date of Award
1986
Type
Thesis
Major
Specialist in Education
Degree Type
Specialist Degree in Education
Department
Teacher Education
First Advisor
Dr. Polly K. Adams
Second Advisor
Dr. Carolyn M. Cartledge
Third Advisor
Dr. Maniza Johnson
Abstract
Thirty public school early childhood teachers and seventeen private school early childhood teachers were surveyed to compare 1) their attitudes toward multicultural education; 2) their access to multicultural materials and methods; and 3) the frequency with which they actually utilize multicultural materials and methods. The North Carolina Multicultural Education Survey was completed by both teacher groups. Four scale scores and a total score were compared using a t-test. The results of the study indicated no significant difference between public early childhood teachers and private early childhood teachers on either of the four scale scores or the total score. Both teacher groups indicated a fairly neutral attitude toward multicultural education; did not believe they had access to a variety of instructional methods and materials to facilitate multicultural education, and did not use multicultural teaching activities in their classrooms.
Recommended Citation
Greyer, Karon K., "An Investigation of Multicultural Education in Public and Private Schools at the Primary Level" (1986). Theses and Dissertations. 609.
https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/theses_dissertations/609
Included in
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Early Childhood Education Commons
