A Measure of Cultural Competence as an Ethical Responsibility: Quick-Racial and Ethical Sensitivity Test

Autor/inn/en	Sirin, Selcuk R.; Rogers-Sirin, Lauren; Collins, Brian A.
Titel	A Measure of Cultural Competence as an Ethical Responsibility: Quick-Racial and Ethical Sensitivity Test
Quelle	In: Journal of Moral Education, 39 (2010) 1, S.49-64 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7240
Schlagwörter	Student Teachers; Social Desirability; School Psychologists; Construct Validity; Measures (Individuals); Psychometrics; Ethics; Racial Attitudes; Cultural Awareness; Racial Discrimination; Video Technology; Teacher Education; Moral Values; Decision Making; Administrator Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Counselor Attitudes; Student Teacher Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Soziales Bedürfnis; School psychologist; Psychologists; School; Schools; Schulpsychologe; Schulpsychologin; Psychologe; Psychologin; Psychologen; Schule; Messdaten; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Ethik; Rassenfrage; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Racial bias; Rassismus; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	This article presents the psychometric qualifications of a new video-based measure of school professionals' ethical sensitivity toward issues of racial intolerance in schools. The new scale, titled the Quick-Racial and Ethical Sensitivity Test (Quick-REST) is based on the ethical principles commonly shared by school-based professional organisations and James Rest's model of moral decision making. The validation of the measure is established through two separate studies: one conducted with 238 school professionals, including teachers, administrators, psychologists, coaches and others who work in diverse schools; and the other conducted with 57 student teachers. The results, with regard to the internal reliability of the items and convergent and overall construct validity, showed that the Quick-REST is a psychometrically sound measure of school professionals' ability to recognise violations of ethical principles as depicted in two five-minute videotapes illustrating instances of racial intolerance in schools. There was no evidence of bias due to social desirability. Areas of use for the Quick-REST in teacher education and ways to improve the scale are discussed. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10