La formación inicial del profesorado en las actitudes hacia la diversidad cultural. Validación de una escala

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation was to confirm the scale of Attitudes toward Cultural Diversity (ADC). The instrument comprises seven dimensions: positive intentions, negative intentions, positive beliefs, negative beliefs, positive behavior, negative emotions and support capacity. The sample consisted of 508 students of the Faculty of Education at the University of Cordoba. The results of the ADC show that this scale is reliable and valid scale to measure attitudes toward cultural diversity. Furthermore, shown that future teachers have positive attitudes to cultural diversity and teacher training received a positive influence in reducing negative attitudes.