Volume : 3, Issue : 5, May - 2014

Cultural Intelligence (CQ): A Pathway for Building Peace

Dr. Lubna Mansuri

Abstract :

Knowledge of cultures provides teachers with insights and capabilities to cope with multi–cultural situations and teach effectively in culturally diverse classrooms. Cultural Intelligences are essentially those abilities that will help prospective teachers’ to deal with cultural diversity. In the present investigation an attempt has been made to study cultural intelligence of student teachers. Cultural Intelligence Scale was administered on 170 student teachers pursuing B.Ed in colleges of education of greater Mumbai. Study revealed that significant differences exist in the cultural diversity of student teachers on the basis of types of management