ERIC Number: EJ1279513
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 24
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The Competencies of the Culturally Responsive Teacher: What, Why and How?
Karatas, Kasim
i.e.: inquiry in education, v12 n2 Article 2 2020
This study aims to explore postgraduate teachers' perspectives regarding the "culturally responsive teacher." In doing so, it adopts a basic qualitative approach as the research design. I selected 11 teachers as the study group by using the criterion sampling method. I collected the data from five female and six male teachers from various branches through semistructured interview forms. I used the thematic analysis technique during the data analysis. I categorized the findings under four themes: cultural responsiveness, self-assessment, teacher competencies, and desirable culturally responsive teacher. According to the results, being a culturally responsive teacher requires having certain personal and professional competencies, such as avoiding discrimination, respecting cultural differences, being a role model, having an empathic tendency, and having good communication skills as well as a pedagogical background. In the pre-service period, a number of special methods and practices should be implemented in order to develop culturally responsive teacher competencies of future teachers.
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Teacher Competencies, Cultural Awareness, Teacher Attitudes, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Teacher Characteristics, Role Models, Empathy, Communication Skills, Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education
Center for Inquiry in Education. National Louis University, 122 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603. Tel: 800-443-5522 x2277; e-mail: digitalcommons@nl.edu; Web site: https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/ie/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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