Towards an Evaluation of Intercultural Efficacy in Teacher Training

Abstract

In this article an exploratory analysis of the concept of multicultural efficacy in relation to the teaching profession is carried out, applying the Multicultural Efficacy Scale by Guyton and Wesche (2005), collecting data of n. = 296 students of last year of Teaching of Early Education, Primary Education and the Master of Secondary Education Teachers. For its analysis, the incidence of sociodemographic factors in the multicultural efficacy indexes, and the dependency relationship among them, is evaluated. The results show the applicability of the scale; that the teachers in formation present high indexes as much in attitude as in intercultural effectiveness, but a little knowledge on it; it is demonstrated that the sociodemographic variables affect the multicultural efficacy indexes; and how attitude influences multicultural efficacy.