AS: Andragoška Spoznanja (Dec 2015)

Assessment of intercultural competence of vocational teachers in Croatia

  • Višnja Rajić,
  • Tomislav Rajić

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4312/as.21.4.37-51
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 4

Abstract

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Due to the changes in society and the new era of “super-diversity” (Vertovec, 2007) in European countries, intercultural competence is gaining importance both in everyday life situations and teacher training. In the academic year of 2014/2105, a research was conducted on a sample of 136 prospective secondary school teachers undergoing their pedagogical-didactical-methodological training in different universities in the Republic of Croatia. The tool that was employed in the self-assessment of intercultural competence was called Recognising intercultural competence: What shows that I am interculturally competent? The results showed that the examinees perceive their intercultural competence quite high; attitudes (M = 4,09); skills (M = 4,12); knowledge (M = 4,02). There is no significant difference between the perceived dimensions (p = ,282). Further research is recommended to better understand the insights about the examinees’ understanding of intercultural competence.

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