INFANT TODDLER EDUCATION BELIEF SCALE FOR PRE-SERVICE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS (ITEBS4PECES): VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY ANALYSIS

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Ünlü Çetin Ş., Koğar H.

European Journal of Education Studies, cilt.7, sa.10, ss.72-96, 2020 (Hakemli Dergi)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 7 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.46827/ejes.v7i10.3278
  • Dergi Adı: European Journal of Education Studies
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.72-96
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of the current study is to develop a scale that measure pre-service early childhood educators’ beliefs about infant and toddler education(I/TE). 384 candidate early childhood educators from different public universities were constituted the sample of the study. Reliability and validity analysis were run for the 60-items “Infant Toddler Education Belief Scale for pre-service early childhood educators (ITEBS4PECES)”. Explanatory and Confirmatory factor analysis of ITEBS4PECES indicated that ITEBS4PECES is a 5-Likert scale with 35 items and four factors. Factor loading values ranged between .439 and .762. The total variance explained by the scale is 39.02%. The reliability coefficients of Cronbach alpha ranged from 0.81 to 0.85 for factors. As one of the first attempts to measure beliefs about infant-toddler education of pre-service teachers, this valid and reliable scale is believed to lead more research on infant toddler education and by this way contribute a lot to early childhood education field.