Cultural intelligence and intercultural sensitivity as predictors of multicultural teacher efficacy of primary school teachers

The aim of the study was to examine whether classroom teachers' cultural intelligence and intercultural sensitivity predict multicultural teacher competencies. This research was conducted with the relational survey model, one of the quantitative research methods. The study group of the research was conducted with 446 primary teachers working in primary schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education in Şırnak province in the 2022-2023 academic year. In collecting the data of the research, Personal Information Form, Cultural Intelligence Scale, Intercultural Sensitivity Scale and Multicultural Teacher Competencies Scale for Primary Teachers were applied to the teachers. In the normal distribution analysis, it was determined that the distribution was normal according to the closeness of the mean-median and kurtosis and skewness values. The findings obtained in the research were analyzed with SPSS 25.0 program. According to the results of the research, teachers' levels of cultural intelligence, intercultural sensitivity and multicultural teacher competencies were found to be high. Cultural intelligence and intercultural sensitivity; It was found to have a significant effect on multicultural teacher competencies. In addition to these results, there are differences between primary teachers' cultural intelligence levels and intercultural sensitivity levels; It was concluded that there is a positive, moderately significant relationship between cultural intelligence levels and multicultural teacher competencies and between intercultural sensitivity levels and multicultural teacher competencies. It is seen that the cultural intelligence and intercultural sensitivity levels of primary teachers do not differ according to their gender, age and professional seniority. In addition, it was concluded that the multicultural teacher competency levels of classroom teachers differ according to their gender and professional seniority.