Cultural Literacy in Preschool Teaching: Embracing Diversity

The present study used a qualitative research method to examine teachers' cultural literacy in detail. The survey participants are preschool teachers who work with children from different cultures. Research findings show that preschool teachers have insufficient knowledge about the culture of their students from other cultures, and they have prejudices against the culture. As a result, teachers' getting to know different cultures and not interacting with families from these cultures affected their creation of a culture-sensitive educational environment in their classrooms. Similarly, it is observed that teachers keep their academic expectations and goals regarding children from different cultures low based on their prejudices.