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https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v24i3.4454
Hidden Curriculum Scale of an Education Faculty: A Validity and Reliability Study
Kenan Baş
; Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University Ataturk Mahallesi Ataturk Bulvari No: 21, 04500, Patnos/Ağrı, Turkey
Volkan Duran
; Iğdır University Şehit Bülent Yurtseven Campus, 76000 Center/Iğdır, Turkey
Abstract
The aim of this research is to conduct a scale development study as a data collection
tool that can be used to determine the hidden curriculum of education faculties.
The study group in the research is comprised of 3rd and 4th year teacher candidates
studying (n = 406) at eight different departments of an education faculty of a state
university in Turkey. A personal information and questionnaire form, including the
candidate scale items, were used as data collection tools in the study. The data obtained
were analyzed with the SPSS 22.0 and AMOS Programs. Both exploratory (EFA) and
confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were used to determine the factor structure of
the scale. As a result of the analysis, a scale consisting of four sub-dimensions and 29
items was obtained. The total variance for the four factors in the scale was calculated
as 60.355 %. The DFA result χ² = 1.668; RMSEA = .044; SRMR = .078; CFI = .958,
AGFI = .877, GFI = .900 was found to have acceptable fit values. Cronbach’s alpha
coefficient for the whole scale was calculated as 950. When the independent variable
significance analysis was examined, it was seen that the items had a significance of
over 40 percent. Therefore, it is possible to conclude that the items were suitable for the
validity and reliability of the scale and in line with the confirmatory factor analysis.
On the other hand, when an analysis was conducted using the same artificial neural
network model based on each sub-factor, it was seen that the sub-dimensions of each
dimension showed significance over 50 %, indicating that the sub-sub-dimensions had
a consistent structure. The validity and reliability analysis of the faculty of education
hidden curriculum scales showed that the scale was valid and reliable for prospective
teachers.
Keywords
hidden curriculum; scale; faculty of education; teacher candidates; curriculum theory
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Publication date:
16.11.2022.
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