Development of the Beliefs about Primary Education Scale: Distinguishing a Developmental and Transmissive Dimension

Autor/inn/en	Hermans, Ruben; van Braak, Johan; Van Keer, Hilde
Titel	Development of the Beliefs about Primary Education Scale: Distinguishing a Developmental and Transmissive Dimension
Quelle	In: Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 24 (2008) 1, S.127-139 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-051X
DOI	10.1016/j.tate.2006.11.007
Schlagwörter	Constructivism (Learning); Beliefs; Construct Validity; Factor Structure; Measures (Individuals); Teacher Attitudes; Elementary Education; Elementary School Teachers; Educational Objectives; Educational Philosophy; Factor Analysis; Test Construction; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Belief; Glaube; Faktorenstruktur; Messdaten; Lehrerverhalten; Elementarunterricht; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Faktorenanalyse; Testaufbau; Korrelation
Abstract	In this article the development and validation of the Beliefs about Primary Education Scale (BPES) are described. The BPES is an 18-item scale for assessing primary school teachers' beliefs toward the nature of good education, subdivided in a transmissive dimension (TD) and a developmental dimension (DD). Both dimensions assess beliefs toward the general orientation and objectives of education, the nature of the educational content, and desirable ways of knowledge acquisition. An explorative study (n=352) revealed a two-factor structure. Both dimensions were uncorrelated, which leads to the suggestion that teachers hold layered belief systems. In a following study (n=381), construct validity of the BPES was confirmed. The BPES' DD and TD were shown to correlate significantly with constructivist and traditional teaching beliefs. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10