Intervention Strategies in Multicultural Education: A Comparison of Pre-Service Models

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify and compare the effects of two different multicultural education intervention strategies (an integrated model and a subject-specific model) on the knowledge and attitudes of preservice teacher education students (N=228) in both a classroom and a field-based setting. Physical education has included an orientation toward the cognitive and affective domain for many years; because of its social orientation it can play an important role in the process of gaining an understanding and appreciation toward ethnic and cultural diversity. Preand post-test assessments were administered to four treatment groups utilizing the Multicultural Physical Education Instrument designed to assess the knowledge and attitudes of students in regard to important multicultural issues. The two classroom intervention strategies were primarly presented as course work. Results reveal that the attitudes of preservice teachers regarding multicultural issues can be enhanced both through discipline-specific as well as integrated courses. Field-based experiences, however, were not particularly effective in helping the teacher education students to gain a higher multicultural tolerance level. (Contains 17 references.) (LL) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ******* ** ***** **. 4********************** *** **************************** INTERVENTION STRATEGIES IN MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION: A COMPARISON OF PRE-SERVICE MODELS DR. WILLIAM G. SPARKS DR. M. ELIZABETH VERNER DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, RECREATION AND DANCE ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY NORMAL, IL 61761 PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) January 1993 U S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ()ewe MEducattonal Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTE Th.s document has Deen reMbduced as re,eured Iron the person or organtzatton ortgtnahng M.nor changes sane been made to improve reproduction auatrty Rotrds of area or opinions staled tn thtsdocu men! do not necessarily represent otfic,a OE RI posthon or poitcy