Development and Validation of a Computer Education Curriculum Scale (CECS)
Abstract
Primary school curriculum in Turkish educational system has
recently been revised based upon the basic principles of
constructivism. During this process, the role of teachers and
students, the teaching and learning processes, and the classroom
environment have been redefined. This study has been designed to
develop a Computer Education Curriculum Scale (CECS) in order
to assess attitudes of primary school teachers towards the new
curriculum and to determine and compare opinions of teachers on
the implementation and effectiveness of the new curriculum. For
this purpose, a 29-item Likert-type Computer Education
Curriculum Scale was developed and administrated to 61 teachers
working at primary schools from various cities of Turkey, who
voluntarily participated in the study. And all participants serve in
public schools, and have at least three years of experience as
computer education and technology teacher. For data collection
process, an online form of instrument was developed and collected
data from participants by sharing it through online forms. As a
result of statistical analyses on the survey data, 5 subscales were
determined. These subscales are named as recognition of the new
curriculum, course structure changes, identification of the teaching
environment, application of the new curriculum, and role and
contribution of teachers. Cronbach’s alpha value of the whole
instrument is 0.75.
Keywords
Computer Education,curriculum,primary school,technology education
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