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ERIC Number: ED608309
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 25
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-2501-1111
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Infant Toddler Education Belief Scale for Pre-Service Early Childhood Educators (ITEBS4PECES): Validity and Reliability Analysis
Ünlü-Çetin, Senil; Kogar, Hakan
Online Submission, European Journal of Education Studies v7 n10 p72-96 2020
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 0.439 and 0.762. 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.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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