ERIC Number: EJ780273
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Publication Date: 2007-Dec
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Multicultural Training Experiences as Predictors of Multicultural Competencies: Students' Perspectives
Dickson, Ginger L.; Jepsen, David A.
Counselor Education and Supervision, v47 n2 p76-95 Dec 2007
The authors surveyed a national sample of master's-level counseling students regarding their multicultural training experiences and their multicultural counseling competencies. A series of hierarchical regression models tested the prediction of inventoried competencies from measures of selected training experiences: (a) program cultural ambience or learning environment, (b) multicultural instructional strategies, and (c) multicultural clinical experiences. Perceptions of program cultural ambience or learning environment predicted all multicultural competencies: knowledge, skills, awareness, and relationship. Additional findings support the importance of clinical training experiences in the context of effective multicultural training.
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Cross Cultural Training, Counselor Training, Educational Environment, Cultural Awareness, Graduate Students, Surveys, Measures (Individuals), Regression (Statistics), Clinical Experience
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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