Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v26i3.5448
Self-Confidence Scale for Interdisciplinary Teaching
Dilek Sultan Acarlı
; Hacettepe University, Faculty of Education, Department of Mathematicsand Science Education
Sema Çıldır
; Hacettepe University, Faculty of Education, Department of Mathematicsand Science Education
Abstract
The importance of interdisciplinary education is a well-known fact in today’s world. However, do educators feel sufficiently prepared to implement such an approach? Identifying this aspect among pre-service science teachers (PSTs), who are the educatorsof the future, will be an important step in terms of improvement efforts. Building uponthis premise, the research aims to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool forassessing the self-confidence of pre-service teachers in Elementary Science, Biology,Physics, and Chemistry Education Programs. In order to determine the scale constructvalidity, a two-stage process was undertaken. In the first stage, an exploratoryfactor analysis (EFA) was conducted with a sample comprising 300 pre-serviceteachers. Subsequently, in the second stage, a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) wasperformed using data collected from 174 pre-service teachers. The findings indicatedthat the psychometric properties of the Self-Confidence Scale for InterdisciplinaryTeaching (SCSIT) were robust and satisfactory for measuring confidence levels ininterdisciplinary teaching. Consequently, a valid and reliable assessment tool, whichcan be used in research on interdisciplinary teaching, was introduced to the literature.
Keywords
interdisciplinary teaching; pre-service teachers; science education; self confidence
Hrčak ID:
322421
URI
Publication date:
25.9.2024.
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