Developing The Children’s Rights-Based Classroom Scale

Year 2023, Issue: 58, 74 - 99, 02.05.2023

Ayşe Öztürk , Barış Kalender

https://doi.org/10.9779/pauefd.1074807

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to develop the Children’s Rights-Based Classroom Scale. The participants of the study were comprised of 451 classroom teachers working at 12 primary schools in the Gaziantep province selected via cluster sampling method. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) were conducted for attaining the construct validity of the scale. The scale structure consisting of four factors and 21 items was obtained as a result of EFA. It was identified that these four factors explain 76.217 % of the total variance. Of the CFA fit indices, GFI(.90), AGFI(.87), SRMR(.060) and NFI(.94) were at acceptable levels, X2/sd (CMIN/DF) (1.354), CFI(.98), IFI(.98), RMSEA(.042), were at perfect fit levels. The Cronbach Alpha value for the total scale was calculated as .89. The Cronbach Alpha values for the sub-factors of the scale were calculated as .943, .905, .917 and .934 for protection-support-communication, participation, environmental arrangements and teaching-learning process respectively. It can be stated based on the findings of the present study that a valid and reliable scale has been developed that enables the multi-dimensional assessment of the children’s rights-based structure of primary school classrooms.

Keywords

Children’s rights, children’s rights education, scale development, children’s rights-based classroom structure, primary school education

Çocuk Hakları Temelli Sınıf Ölçeğinin Geliştirilmesi

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, Çocuk Hakları Temelli Sınıf Ölçeğinin geliştirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmanın katılımcılarını Gaziantep İlindeki oransız küme örnekleme yöntemi ile belirlenen 12 ilkokulda çalışmakta olan 451 sınıf öğretmeni oluşturmuştur. Çalışmada, ölçeğin yapı geçerliğini sağlayabilmek için Açımlayıcı Faktör Analizi ve Doğrulayıcı Faktör Analizi yapılmıştır. Açımlayıcı Faktör Analizi sonucunda, dört faktör ve 21 maddeden oluşan ölçek yapısı elde edilmiştir. Ölçeğe ilişkin bu dört faktörün toplam varyansın %76,217’sini açıkladığı saptanmıştır. Ölçeğin Doğrulayıcı Faktör Analizinden elde edilen uyum indekslerinden GFI (,90), AGFI (,87) ve NFI’nın (,94) kabul edilebilir, X2/sd (CMIN / df) (1,28), CFI (,98), IFI (,98), SRMR (,033) ve RMSEA (,038) ise mükemmel uyum düzeyinde olduğu belirlenmiştir. Ölçeğin toplamı için Cronbach Alpha değeri ,892 şeklinde hesaplanmıştır. Ölçekte bulunan alt faktörlere dair Cronbach Alpha değerleri sırayla koruma-destekleme-iletişim için ,943, katılım için .905, çevresel düzenlemeler için .917 ve öğretme-öğrenme süreci için ,934 olarak hesaplanmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda, ilkokul sınıflarının çocuk hakları temelli yapısının çok boyutlu değerlendirilmesine imkan sağlayacak geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçek geliştirildiği söylenebilir.

Keywords

çocuk hakları, çocuk hakları eğitimi, ölçek geliştirme, çocuk hakları temelli sınıf yapısı, ilkokul eğitimi

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