Early Childhood Education

For the following item, please use the following rating scale:
1=very little integration, 2=some integration, 3=moderate integration, 4=thorough integration

1.	Please indicate the degree to which multicultural education has been infused in your course work and field experiences throughout the following areas of your program:	1	2	3	4
	UGA Core Courses
	CHFD 2000/EDEC 4010
	Other Block 1 Courses (CHFD 4860, CHFD 5130, EMAT 3400, SPED/EDEC 5100)
	EDEC 4020
	Other Block 2 Courses (ELAN 3110, EMAT 3410, READ 3420, ESOC 3420)
	EDEC 4030
	Other Block 3 Courses (ELAN 4120, ESCI 4420, READ 3430, CHFD/EDEC 5150)
	Student Teaching

For items 2 to 17, please use the following rating scale:
1=strongly disagree, 2=disagree, 3=undecided, 4=agree, 5=strongly agree

		1	2	3	4	5
2.	I feel that the way that multicultural education was presented to me will help me in my teaching.
3.	I feel that I have learned practical strategies for working with students from diverse backgrounds.
4.	I feel that I have been adequately exposed to diverse groups of students during my professional course work sequence.
5.	I feel that I have been assigned to classrooms and teachers that model multicultural practices.
6.	I feel that my university field-based supervisors model ways to effectively integrate multicultural education into my practice.
7.	I feel that my university field-based supervisors provide me with an opportunity for feedback and discussion about the integration of multicultural education into my practices.
8.	I feel that I have specific understanding of how to integrate multicultural education into multiple content areas (e.g., math, science) that don't as readily lend themselves to easy integration.
9.	I feel that my perceptions of diverse groups of people have changed based on the information I learned during my professional preparation.
10.	I recognize how to use universal information regarding diversity and information pertaining to specific groups of individuals by adjusting my teaching practices accordingly.
11.	I have an interest in working with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
12.	I have an interest in working with individuals with disabilities.
13.	I know of resources that may assist me in effectively integrating multicultural education into my teaching practices.
14.	I am not sure why multicultural education is discussed so much because it will not greatly affect the kind of teacher I am.
15.	I plan to teach in the community from which I came.
16.	I plan to teach in a community that has a large proportion of diverse groups living within it.
17.	I feel that my teaching skills have changed, and that I can practice in a child/culturally-focused manner as a result of the multicultural information I have gained.

For the following item, please use the following rating scale:
1=strongly unprepared, 2=moderately unprepared, 3=undecided, 4=moderately prepared, 5=strongly prepared

18.	Please rate the degree to which your professional sequence of courses has prepared you to work with the following elements of multicultural education:	1	2	3	4	5
	Cultural Differences
	Differing Economic Levels
	Religious Groups
	Gender Differences
	Sexuality Differences
	Geographic Differences
	Age Differences
	Language Differences
	Special Needs