TEACHERS BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS AND CULTURAL COMPETENCE: A CORRELATIONAL STUDY

In an educational setting teacher plays a crucial role. Teacher has a lasting impact on the students lives. Hence it is important for the teachers to know and understand every child in their classroom. Teachers need to look at each child with the same lens irrespective of their differences. In today's global world diversity is thriving and the classrooms are full of children coming from different cultural backgrounds. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between teachers big five personality traits and their cultural competence. The sample of the study consisted of school teachers from Mumbai region. The results indicated that there is a significant relationship between the big five factors of personality and cultural competence. Hence it is important for teachers to have a well-integrated personality to embrace the diversity in the classrooms.