183 Preliminary WCD Reception at Driestar Christian University 5 education is only possible if students learn to really be able and willing to listen to dissenters. There is also support for the idea that they must learn to cooperate with dissenters, although the average score here fell just short of 4. The teachers tend towards the proposition that there is insufficient subject (group)-transcending cooperation within DCU. Students at DCU Responding to 14 statements on their preparation for interaction with and connection to society’s diversity and complexity, the students expressed whether they strongly disagreed, disagreed, neither agreed nor disagreed, agreed or strongly agreed. The table below shows the numbers of respondents (N), the mean score (M) and the standard deviation (SD). The table splits the students into two categories: full-time students and part-time students. Where the results are presented in colour, a substantial difference can be noted, with the number in red being substantially higher than the number in blue. Full-time students Part-time students N M SD N M SD When I graduate soon, I expect to have actual entry-level competence to work as a group teacher in a Reformed Christian school. 158 4.47 .66 55 4.40 .85 When I graduate soon, I expect to have actual entry-level competence to work as a group teacher in a Protestant Christian school with a restrictive admissions policy. 158 4.22 .62 55 4.09 1.06 When I graduate soon, I expect to be entrylevel competent to work as a group teacher in a Christian school with an open admissions policy. 158 3.91 .78 55 3.78 1.12 When I graduate soon, I expect to be able to work as a group teacher in a Christian school with high ethnic and/or religious diversity. 158 3.36 .99 55 3.15 1.19 When I graduate soon, I expect to be able to work as a group teacher in a public school with a secular identity. 158 2.80 1.09 55 2.93 1.21 At DCU, you receive sufficient training to take your place as a Christian teacher in a pluralistic society. 158 3.94 .74 55 3.76 .90 At DCU, you receive sufficient training to do your work as a Christian teacher in an urban, metropolitan environment. 158 3.59 .84 55 3.27 .93
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