Multicultural Teaching Concerns: New Dimensions in the Area of Teacher Concerns Research?

The development of the Multicultural Teaching Concerns Survey (MTCS), a 64-item self-report scale designed to assess the intensity of teachers' concerns about working with diverse student populations, is described in this study. Preservice education majors and inservice teachers (N = 146) served as participants. A factor analysis revealed 4 multicultural teaching concern factors, 2 of which roughly support extant research regarding the nature of teachers' concerns. However, the 2 remaining factors suggest that the self/task/impact conceptualization may be insufficient to describe the nature of teachers' concerns vis-à-vis their work with students of color. Implications for multicultural teacher education are discussed, and suggestions for future research using the MTCS are provided.