A Structural Analysis on Early Childhood Teacher's Multicultural Education Related Variables

In recent years, major issues surrounding multicultural education, which highlight the importance of education about the mulcultural approach to, have been issuing. Especially, in Western society that emphasizes the role of multicultural education for teacher training is required to practice multicultural education of teachers for teacher training. This study attempts to incorporate integrative analysis, which clarifies structural relationship among early childhood teachers' multicultural literacy, multicultural education contents, multicultural teaching efficacy and multicultural education practices will. Thus, The purpose of this study was to investigate the structural relationships among different Variables related to multicultural education 235 early childhood teacher's residing in Seoul, GyeongGi-do in Korea completed questionnaires about multicultural literacy, multicultural educational contents, multicultural teaching efficacy, multicultural education practices will perceived by early childhood teacher. Thus, the following are research questions that were established for the research objective. First, is the effect of multicultural education practices will significant early childhood teacher's multicultural literacy. Second, is the effect of multicultural educational contents and multicultural teaching efficacy significant early childhood teacher's multicultural literacy. Third, is the effect of multicultural education practices will significant early childhood teacher's multicultural educational contents and multicultural teaching efficacy. A variance matrix of this sample was analyzed using AMOS 19.0, and the maximum likelihood minimization function. The goodness of fit was evaluated via RMR, RMSEA with a 90% confidence interval, CFI, and TLI. The results were as follows: First, teacher's multicultural literacy was found to have a significant direct and indirect effect on teacher's multicultural education practices will. Second, Teacher's multicultural literacy was found to have a significant direct multicultural educational contents and multicultural teaching efficacy. Third, multicultural educational contents and multicultural teaching efficacy was found to havea significant direct effect on teacher's multicultural education practices will. For date collection 250 copies for intercultural educational related variables scale were widely distributed targeting teachers at kindergartens and child care centers located in Seoul and GyeongGi-do 235 copies of the questionnaire were used in the analysis of this study. In conclusion, the variables, which were suggested in this study, namely, multicultural literacy, multicultural educational contents and multicultural teaching efficacy could be confirmed to have significant influence on early childhood teacher's attitude toward multicultural practices will. These results will be able to offer basic data to the specific and substantial understanding of early childhood teacher's multicultural practices will toward multicultural education and to the teacher curriculum for pre-and in-service teachers. In our society, cultural diversity and practicality become commonplace, multicultural education is able to maximize its effectiveness when conducted systematically from infancy. And Multicultural education desirable in order to confirm a commitment to multiculturalism, and the qualities of the subject of education, teachers are required. To this end, this paper did draw the following conclusions were drawn.