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TEACHERS CHARACTERISTICS
SELAMI AHMET SALGUR,
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AYNUR GURSOY
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Abstract: In developing societies, the increase of economic and technological
developments causes a huge amount of interactions between the respective
societies and different cultures. Therefore, while solutions related to education are
made multicultural the training process is also affected. The importance of being a
multicultural educator and the importance of multicultural education are
broadening. A multicultural educator can spur and boost the personal
development and the progress of students academic success. Educators in this
field are emphasizing the importance of teacher training programs. The teachers
competences are directly proportional with students achievements. In this study,
we are going to analyze in details the importance of multicultural education and
teachers characteristics.
Keywords: multicultural education, multicultural teachers characteristic,
teacher training, multiculturalism.
1. What Is Multicultural Education?
In todays multifaceted societies and world, the increased social
relations between countries caused different communities to live together.
Therefore the concept of multiculturalism and multicultural education is
discussed constantly and its importance is ceaselessly enhanced.
Multiculturalism does not contain only elements pertaining to culture.
In addition, it includes elements referring to different religions and
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forced to live in a foreign country with their children for various reasons.
Their children will be facing the multicultural education environment
eventually. The students who cannot get used to live in foreign countries
can reach personal development and academic achievement with the help
of their teachers. A teacher who possesses the multicultural component
can use knowledge and skills by organizing his / her teaching
environment in order to communicate with students coming from
different cultures.
Multicultural Education provides a method to encourage a
comprehensive and detailed understanding of the ideas of democracy,
diversity and pluralism. It also ensures the sharing and understanding of
different values, customs, cultures, traditions, religions and faiths.
Multicultural Education helps people to understand the problems of
multicultural societies and suggests applicable solutions for these
problems. Multicultural Education takes into account both the common
goals of all the people in the society and the specific characteristics of
minorities. Moreover, it encourages the equal nobility of all the people in
society in general, regardless of their race, language and religion which
are fundamental concepts of multicultural education; it enhances the
respect for diversity and celebrates it, stimulating people to live in a
peaceful coexistence. All these expectations should be the goals of all the
societies in which there are wars and injustices in many parts of them9. In
Multicultural Education politics, a democratic education is aimed at. Equal
opportunities shall be granted to all the students, the goal being that each
and every student with different cultural identity benefit from these equal
opportunities. Multicultural Education forbids the discrimination among
students. It is unacceptable in a democratic educational system to impose
the identity, to punish diversity, or to regard the different persons as
abnormal10. Students that have a right to an equal education can be a
beneficial element and can be successful persons with their personal
development within the society.
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