The purpose of this study is to analyze the major factors determining the multi-cultural
acceptability and their structural relation, and also examine how these influence factors and
their structural interrelationships differ between teachers and adolescents. With this purpose,
this study has taken‘structure equation model analysis’of 1,457 questionnaires(1,105 for
adolescents and 352 for teachers) collected through ‘multistage stratified cluster sampling’
method in 16 elementary, middle and high schools in Busan. The major findings and
implications of this study are summarized as follows.
The‘educational and economical level’has not directly influenced on the multi-cultural
acceptability, but has indirectly influenced on the multi-cultural acceptability extensively. Of
direct factors,‘multicultural education’ was the least influential, and ‘awareness of threats’
the most.‘Mass-media contact experience’has had widespread effects both directly and
indirectly. Direct influence of‘multi-cultural education’and‘mass-media contact
experience’was shown only in adolescents group. From the results of the multi-group analysis,
significant differences between teachers and adolescents were presented in some path.
Thus, reexamination on multi-cultural education methods and contents is needed, and
particularly, quantity and quality of multi-cultural education for teachers should be improved.
Multi-cultural education for low-income students and their parents through lifelong education
also needs to be strengthened. Besides, the enhancement of personality education, review on
teaching methods of instruction for national identity, and multi-cultural education by mass
media should be guaranteed.