Examining the Feasibility of Using the Global Perspective Inventory Within the Jamaican Cultural Context

• In Event: 53.043 - Comparative Higher Education: Critical and Global Approaches

Abstract

The Global Perspective Inventory (GPI) is a survey instrument, designed in the United States that many global educators use to examine individuals’ global perspective development. Using a socio-cultural theoretical lens the researchers examine possible cultural incongruences that emerged when using this instrument with Jamaican teachers. Qualitative interview data gathered from 30 teachers across Jamaica was compared to the GPI survey and the survey authors’ descriptions of the subscales measured by the instrument. Results suggest there are differences between the teachers understandings of certain constructs that raise issues related to the compatibility of using this survey in Jamaica.

Author

• Sarah A. Mathews, Florida International University