Rethinking Teacher Competencies to Work in a Multicultural Environment

Gulevska, Valentina and Atanasoska, Tatjana and Stankovska, Sonja (2015) Rethinking Teacher Competencies to Work in a Multicultural Environment. In: 10th International Balkan Congress on Education and Science „EDUCATION AND GLOBALIZATION“, 2015, Ohrid.

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Abstract

Openness to change is a fundamental step towardsdevelopment of environment supportive of multicultural teaching and learning. In this process key role have the teachers. Differentteaching and learning traditions call for a reconsideration of contemporary realities and practices in education. In order to buildcapacity for multicultural
awareness, knowledge and skills theteachers should enhance their own self-reflection and test theirmotives for the ways of thinking and acting in multiculturalenvironment.This paper focuses on the open questions in the area of teacher competency for work in multicultural environment in global, as well as, in national level. In that context, it is developed in two directions: using a theoretical approach to present what is relevantknowledge that will help teachers implement a multicultural program inthe classroom and exploring the students' attitudes and beliefs regarding teaching and learning challenges in multicultural environment.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects: Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Social Sciences > Educational sciences
Divisions: Faculty of Education
Depositing User: Prof. d-r Valentina Gulevska
Date Deposited: 15 May 2023 12:39
Last Modified: 15 May 2023 12:39
URI: https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/8354

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