Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions of Preparedness and Self-efficacy in Instructing Students From Diverse Cultural and Linguistic Backgrounds

The goal of this study to determine if there is a connection between the pre-service teachers ’perception preparedness and their self-efficacy in instructing students from culturally linguistically diverse backgrounds. researcher was guided by three research questions: 1) What are ’perceptions abilities teach students? 2) To what degree do believe teacher education program prepared them 3) extent teachers’ influence Participants were (education undergraduates last year or semester graduation), community colleges university faculty North Texas area. A total 63 participants participated completing Teacher Demographic Questionnaire (TDQ) Culturally Responsive Self-Efficacy scale (CRTSES) (Siwatu, 2006). Also, 10 Faculty Member (FMQ). From member participants, none expressed an interest participating follow-up interviews. questions TDQ selected identify similarities differences. CRTSES data totaled question, ranked based on mean score, then grouped means.