Attitudes and cultural stereotypes of future teachers towards immigrant students in Spain

  1. Nikleva, Dimitrinka G. 1
  2. Rico-Martín, Ana M. 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

Revista:
Educación XX1: Revista de la Facultad de Educación

ISSN: 1139-613X 2174-5374

Any de publicació: 2017

Títol de l'exemplar: El centro educativo ante la diversidad

Volum: 20

Número: 1

Pàgines: 57-73

Tipus: Article

DOI: 10.5944/EDUCXX1.17491 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccés obert editor

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Resum

The purpose of this study is to find the predominant attitudes and culturalstereotypes towards immigrants in Spain among future teachers, and thesources of information that influence them the most. The mental associations caused by the words foreigner and immigrant, and the ranking of the immigrant nationalities —according to positive or negative attitudes towards them— are studied. In order to do this, stereotype functions are explained and an opinion survey of 151 students of the Primary Education degree at the University of Granada is analyzed. The research instrument is a 41 —item questionnaire with closed— and open-ended questions and it combines dichotomous and open questions with Likert scale questions. Data analysis was done with the SPSS 17.0 statistics software (Statistical Product and Service Solutions). The variables were subjected to descriptive analysis to obtain the frequency and percentages of the answers. We used inferential analysis to study the relationships between qualitative variables.Considering that stereotypes and prejudices hamper coexistence and are consolidated through a lack of intergroup contact —and therefore through a lack of knowledge of the Other— it becomes important to support these contacts in attitudes and cultural stereotypes of future teachers towards...Facultad de Educación. UNED Educación XX1. 20.1, 2017, pp. 57-73the educational sphere to improve attitudes towards immigrants and reduce xenophobia.The word immigrant is associated in the first place with poverty, need and an illegal stay. The word foreigner is attributed to a person with money who resides legally in Spain for pleasure.The authors consider that the results of this study will be useful in diagnosing the current situation and later designing pedagogical interventions directed at increasing the acceptance of inclusive education principles among future teachers.This study is part of an I+D project, titled “The training of teachers of Spanish for immigrants in different educational contexts” (code EDU2013-43868-P).

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