INVESTIGATION OF INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS LEVELS OF VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN TURKEY AND KYRGYZSTAN = ИССЛЕДОВАНИЕ УРОВНЯ МЕЖКУЛЬТУРНОЙ ОСВЕДОМЛЕННОСТИ СТУДЕНТОВ ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНЫХ ВУЗОВ В ТУРЦИИ И КЫРГЫЗСТАНЕ

In this study, it is aimed to comparatively examine the intercultural awareness levels of Turkish and Kyrgyz vocational high school students. The research was designed as a survey study based on a quantitative approach. The sample group of the research consisted of vocational high school students from Turkey and Kyrgyzstan determined by simple random technique. The data of the study were collected simultaneously from a vocational high school students in Turkey and Kyrgyzstan with the help of a scale. As a result of the research, the intercultural awareness levels of vocational high school students in Turkey and Kyrgyzstan were calculated as high. It was determined that the intercultural awareness levels of Kyrgyz vocational high school students were higher than those of Turkish vocational high school students. In the study, it was concluded that the intercultural awareness levels of Turkish and Kyrgyz vocational high school students did not differ according to the father’s profession variable. It was observed that the intercultural awareness levels of vocational high school students did not differ according to the variable of whether they had friends from a different culture. Finally, the relationship between the intercultural awareness levels of vocational high school students and their class and age levels was examined. It was determined that the intercultural awareness levels of Kyrgyz vocational high school students had a high level of positive correlation with the class.

Keyword: intercultural awareness, intercultural competence, vocational high school, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan