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标题：Measuring Teacher Cultural Competence
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作者：M. Byrd ; B.S. Olivieri
期刊名称：International Review of Social Sciences and Humanities
印刷版ISSN：2250-0715
电子版ISSN：2248-9010
出版年度：2014
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：55-67
出版社：International Review of Social Sciences and Humanities
摘要：Demographic changes anticipated over the next decade magnify the importance of addressing racial/ethnic disparities in education. A paradigm shift has occurred among scholars concerning the approach for addressing the academic achievement gap by emphasizing the reeducation of teachers in the way they view the widening diversity of students in the United Sates. Cultural competence has emerged as a method to resolve the disconnect between teachers and students. This study surveyed 70 teachers of students at a high poverty American elementary school and a high poverty American middle school using the Cross Cultural Adaptability Inventory by Kelly and Meyers. The study results were analyzed through the lens of previous analysis of cultural competence self-assessments by researchers in the health care profession. The revelations question the validity of using self-assessments to measure cultural competence.
关键词：Cultural competence; high poverty; academic achievement gap; diversity; cross;cultural; elementary school; middle school; teachers.