Interculturally competent teachers: behavioural dimensions and the role of study abroad

Intercultural Teaching Competence (ITC) is essential for teaching in increasingly diverse primary schools. However, research has not sufficiently addressed the meaning and development of ITC, including whether study abroad during teacher education contributes to dimensions included. Therefore, this seeks determine which ITC respondent teachers report there a difference between with or without experience. Survey data from 155 Dutch school measure selected prior literature, five can be measured reliably. Furthermore, compared experience, such experience score significantly higher on openness storytelling.