Developing Teacher Professionalism Scale: Validation and Reliability Study /Öğretmenlik Mesleği Profesyonellik Ölçeği Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması

Abstract

The research is aimed to develop a valid and reliable instrument which is will measure professionalism level of teaching profession based on literature, expert and practitioner masters’ student of educational administration program knowledge. Research sample consisted of 315 teachers from different parts of Turkey at elementary and secondary level. Exploratory followed by confirmatory factor analyses to validate the scale. Exploratory factor analyses revealed that teacher professionalism scale could have 9 dimensions with explained 58,96 % of total variance. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed acceptable indexes. Composite teacher professionalism scale’ cronbach alpha reliability coefficient was ,93. Results shows that teachers professionalism scale, includes 46 items, validated and reliable.  

Keywords

• Teacher, professionalism, teaching profession, scale development

(ÖĞRETMENLİK MESLEĞİ PROFESYONELLİK ÖLÇEĞİ GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI)

Abstract

Bu araştırma, literatür, uzman ve eğitim yönetimi yüksek lisans öğrencilerinin görüşlerine dayalı olarak, öğretmenlik mesleğinin profesyonellik düzeyini betimlemeyi amaçlayan geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı geliştirmeyi amaç edinmiştir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu Türkiye’nin farklı bölgelerinde ilköğretim ve ortaöğretim okullarında görev yapan 315 öğretmen oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma kapsamında geçerlik amacıyla öncelikle açımlayıcı ardında da doğrulayıcı faktör analizi yapılmıştır. Açımlayıcı faktör analizi, öğretmenlik mesleğinin profesyonelliği ölçeğinin 9 boyuttan oluşabileceğini ve boyutların açıkladığı varyansın ise % 58,96 olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Doğrulayıcı faktör analizi makul düzeylerde uyum indeksleri vermiştir. Profesyonellik ölçeğinin Alpha güvenirlik katsayı ,93 şeklinde ortaya çıkmıştır. Sonuç olarak, 46 madden oluşan öğretmenlik mesleğinin profesyonellik düzeyini betimleyen ölçme aracının geçerli ve güvenilir olduğunu söylemek mümkündür

Keywords

• Öğretmen, profesyonellik, öğretim profesyonelliği, ölçek geliştirme

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