Results of using a program to develop cultural intelligence of teachers or instructors in a school with diverse cultures

Abstract

The objectives of this research are; 1) to create a teacher training program for developing cultural intelligence; and 2) to examine the outcomes of a program for teachers to increase their cultural intelligence. Using purposive sampling technique, the sample for the study consisted of 34 teachers or other instructors working in schools with a diversity of cultures that accepts students of various nationalities to study together in the second semester of the academic year 2020, with medium and low scores for cultural intelligence. The tools used include; 1) a program to increase teachers' cultural intelligence 2) questionnaire on cultural intelligence in teachers. The statistics employed were the t-test, mean, standard deviation, and coefficient of variance, and which the research's results showed to be;
1. The outcomes of the implementation of a teacher promotion program for cultural intelligence; According to Van Dyne & et al. (2010) the outcomes of creating a curriculum to help teachers enhance their cultural intelligence in all 4 areas are as follows; cultural motivation, cultural knowledge, cultural metacognition, and cultural conduct. Analyze with exposure to experience in three areas; general living, socializing, and work. Training takes 1 hour and 30 minutes for each activity when using experiential cultural simulation activities (BAFA BAFA) and activities provide excellence in cultural experiential learning and leadership program (EXCELL) exercises using online classroom media (Google Classroom), there are a total of 8activities; 1) be aware of multiculturalism's benefits, 2) increasing cultural assurance, 3) multicultural knowledge, 4) culturally particular information,5) cultural metacognition, 6) cultural strategy, 7) cultures both verbal and nonverbal, and 8) Cultural speech acts. It was discovered that the trial of individual samples and small groups yielded E1/E2 efficiency values of 80.59/81.14 when determining the success of the cultural intelligence development program for teachers, which is higher than the criteria set equal to 80/80.
2. The outcomes of utilizing the program to promote cultural intelligence among instructors, it was discovered that the mean score for instructors who had participated in the cultural intelligence development program was greater than it had been in all 4 components, with a statistical significance of .05. The average expert judgment on appropriateness for upgrading the handbook for the teachers' program for developing cultural intelligence was 4.18, which is extremely acceptable.