The Impact of a University Approved Diversity Course on Undergraduate Students' Multicultural Awareness

Incorporating diversity within general education requirements has become the norm within higher education. In a world becoming more and more diverse, multicultural education can better prepare students as culturally competent citizens in a pluralistic world. This paper describes a research study bas...

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Published in:Schole : a journal of leisure studies and recreation education 2020-01, Vol.35 (1), p.28-40
Main Authors: Richardson, Lawrence, Volberding, Jennifer, Zahl, Melissa L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude Change
Attitude Measures
College Curriculum
Course Descriptions
Cultural Awareness
Diversity
Leisure Education
multicultural attitude
multicultural awareness
Multicultural Education
Outcomes of Education
Pretests Posttests
Scores
Student Attitudes
Teaching Methods
Undergraduate Students
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Summary:Incorporating diversity within general education requirements has become the norm within higher education. In a world becoming more and more diverse, multicultural education can better prepare students as culturally competent citizens in a pluralistic world. This paper describes a research study based on a standardized diversity curriculum. This curriculum is divided into seven sections that occurred over a 16-week semester. Thirty-one Undergraduate students at a large southern university participated in this study. Study participants were involved in one of seven standardized sections of diversity courses offered through the leisure studies program. The 18-item Munroe Multicultural Attitude Scale Questionnaire (MASQUE) was administered as a pre-post-test to assess attitudes toward multicultural changes. Using the overall MASQUE score, the results demonstrated a statistically significant difference between the pre- and post-test scores, while only the caring subset demonstrated statistically significant differences. This study supports the notion that multicultural education should increase a student's level of knowledge toward different cultures.
ISSN:1937-156X
2162-4097
DOI:10.1080/1937156X.2020.1720461