유아교사의 다문화 교수효능감에 영향을 미치는 변인들 간의 구조모형 분석: 다문화 감수성, 다문화 신념, 다문화교육 인식을 중심으로 = A study on the relationship between multicultural sensitivity,multicultural belief, perception on multicultural education andmulticultural teaching efficacy

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This study investigates the relationships of variables, multicultural sensitivity and multicultural beliefs and perceptions on multicultural education, and multicultural teaching efficacy as perceived by early childhood teachers. A structural equation model (SEM) was established and analyzed to estimate the path from multicultural sensitivity to multicultural efficacy with the mediating variables of mutlicultural beliefs and perceptions on multicultural education. The main results are: First, multicultural sensitivity showed a statistically significant impact on multicultural beliefs and multicultural efficacy, indicating the mediating effect of multicultural beliefs. In addition, multicultural sensitivity was found to influence multicultural efficacy directly. These findings imply that acquiring knowledge and experiential training in forming sound multicultural beliefs and multicultural sensitivity could significantly improve multicultural teaching efficacy.