초·중등 예비교원의 조망수용과 다문화행동의 관계

Abstract

Objectives This study explored the mediating effects of prejudice and multicultural attitudes in the relationship between perspective-taking and multicultural behavior among pre-service teachers.
 Methods Two hundred and twenty-four pre-service teachers from single-Korean-ethnic background participated in the surveys assessing perspective-taking, prejudice, multicultural attitude, multicultural behavior, and demo-graphic characteristics.
 Results The results found that perspective-taking and multicultural attitude had a positive correlation with multi-cultural behavior. On the other hand, prejudice was negatively correlated with multicultural behavior. Also, preju-dice and multicultural attitudes showed a mediating effect in the relationship between perspective-taking and multicultural behavior. In the relationship between perspective-taking and multicultural behavior, the indirect ef-fect of prejudice was not found, but the indirect effect of multicultural attitude was significant. In addition, the path from perspective-taking to multicultural behavior by sequentially mediating prejudice and multicultural attitude was significant.
 Conclusions These results suggested that prejudice and multicultural attitudes may play an important role in the relationship between perspective-taking and multicultural behavior. Accordingly, this study discussed educa-tional intervention through perspective-taking to promote multicultural behavior of prospective teachers. Finally, limitations of the study and suggestions for future research were discussed.