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Global competence scale: An adaptation to measure pre-service English teachers’ global competences
Abstract
Global competence is a comprehensive term referring to the interconnectedness of various constructs ranging from knowledge to values required to communicate, cooperate, and work towards the well-being of not only the local but also the global community. Teacher education has an important role in preparing teachers equipped with global competences. Therefore, having tools which can validly and reliably measure if and to what extent pre-service teachers are globally competent is a requisite. Hence, this study aimed at adapting and validating the Global Competence scale developed by Liu et al. (2020) to Turkish to measure pre-service English language teachers’ global competences and to obtain evidence regarding the psychometric properties of the scale to measure global competences in teaching and teacher education. The data collected from pre-service English language teachers (N=351) studying at various universities in Türkiye was divided into two equal halves. The first part of it was used to perform exploratory factor analysis which revealed an eight-factor 29-item structure. The second half which was used for confirmatory factor analysis yielded a good fit of a 25-item, eight-factor structure scale. The Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient (α= .88) and McDonald’s Omega (ω = .89) which indicated good internal consistency in the CFA dataset revealed excellent internal consistency (α= .90, ω = .91) in another independent dataset. Thus, the study revealed that the Global Competence scale has a good level of psychometric properties and reliability to measure pre-service English language teachers’ global competences in the Turkish context.
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Supporting Institution
TÜBİTAK (Project No 1919B012109865)
Project Number
1919B012109865
Ethical Statement
Trabzon University, 2022-6/2.19
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Other Fields of Education
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
December 23, 2023
Submission Date
March 4, 2023
Acceptance Date
December 16, 2023
Published in Issue
Year 2023 Volume: 10 Number: 4
APA
Köş, İ. E., & Çelik, H. (2023). Global competence scale: An adaptation to measure pre-service English teachers’ global competences. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 10(4), 813-838. https://doi.org/10.21449/ijate.1260245
AMA
1.Köş İE, Çelik H. Global competence scale: An adaptation to measure pre-service English teachers’ global competences. Int. J. Assess. Tools Educ. 2023;10(4):813-838. doi:10.21449/ijate.1260245
Chicago
Köş, İsmail Emre, and Handan Çelik. 2023. “Global Competence Scale: An Adaptation to Measure Pre-Service English Teachers’ Global Competences”. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education 10 (4): 813-38. https://doi.org/10.21449/ijate.1260245.
EndNote
Köş İE, Çelik H (December 1, 2023) Global competence scale: An adaptation to measure pre-service English teachers’ global competences. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education 10 4 813–838.
IEEE
[1]İ. E. Köş and H. Çelik, “Global competence scale: An adaptation to measure pre-service English teachers’ global competences”, Int. J. Assess. Tools Educ., vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 813–838, Dec. 2023, doi: 10.21449/ijate.1260245.
ISNAD
Köş, İsmail Emre - Çelik, Handan. “Global Competence Scale: An Adaptation to Measure Pre-Service English Teachers’ Global Competences”. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education 10/4 (December 1, 2023): 813-838. https://doi.org/10.21449/ijate.1260245.
JAMA
1.Köş İE, Çelik H. Global competence scale: An adaptation to measure pre-service English teachers’ global competences. Int. J. Assess. Tools Educ. 2023;10:813–838.
MLA
Köş, İsmail Emre, and Handan Çelik. “Global Competence Scale: An Adaptation to Measure Pre-Service English Teachers’ Global Competences”. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, vol. 10, no. 4, Dec. 2023, pp. 813-38, doi:10.21449/ijate.1260245.
Vancouver
1.İsmail Emre Köş, Handan Çelik. Global competence scale: An adaptation to measure pre-service English teachers’ global competences. Int. J. Assess. Tools Educ. 2023 Dec. 1;10(4):813-38. doi:10.21449/ijate.1260245