Collective teachers’ beliefs about multilingualism in Maltese primary education

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic overview of participating teachers.

Percentage college population with a migrant background		College 1	College 2	College 3	College 4	College 5	College 6
		45%	36%	23%	18%	16%	8%
Total		7	4	4	1	2	3
Gender	Male	0	0	3	0	0	0
	Female	7	4	1	1	2	3
Teaching Experience	0–5 years	6	3	0	1	2	3
	6 + years	1	1	4	0	0	0
Qualifications	B.Ed. (Hons.)	5	1	3	1	2	2
	Master’s	0	1	1	0	0	1
	Non-teaching related degree	2	2	0	0	0	0
Attendance at Language-Related CPD	Yes	3	4	2	0	2	0
	No	4	0	2	1	0	3

Note: B.Ed. = Bachelor’s Degree in Education or equivalent.

Figure 1. Factor array for factor 1 in understanding component.

Table 2. Demographic and statistical overview of significant loadings per factor in both components.

		Total	Understanding Component			Total	Pedagogy Component
			Factor 1U	Factor 2U	Factor 3U		Factor 1P	Factor 2P	Factor 3P
Gender	Male	3	2	0	1	2	2	0	0
	Female	18	8	4	6	18	6	3	9
Colleges	College 1 (45%)	7	4	3	0	7	1	2	4
	College 2 (36%)	4	2	0	2	4	1	0	3
	College 3 (23%)	4	2	0	2	3	2	1	0
	College 4 (18%)	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
	College 5 (16%)	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	2
	College 6 (8%)	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	0
Teaching Experience	0–5 years	15	6	4	5	15	6	1	8
	6 + years	6	4	0	2	5	2	2	1
Qualifications	B.Ed.	14	7	2	5	14	6	3	5
	Master’s	3	3	0	0	2	1	0	1
	Non-teaching related degree	4	0	2	2	4	1	0	3
Attendance at language-related CPD	Yes	9	6	0	3	8	3	0	5
	No	12	4	4	4	12	5	3	4
Total no. of participants		21	10	4	7	20	8	3	9
Explained variance in %		51	27	8	16	57	22	12	23
Eigenvalue			8.2508	1.364	1.1507		8.8406	2.0185	1.1154

Note: B.Ed. = Bachelor’s Degree in Education or equivalent.