Measuring twenty-first century skills: development and validation of a scale for in-service and pre-service teachers. Issue 2 (14th March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jia, Yueming; Oh, Youn Joo; Sibuma, Bernadette; LaBanca, Frank; Lorentson, Mhora
• Is Part Of: Teacher development. Volume 20:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 229
• Page End: 252
• Publication Date: 2016-03-14
• Subjects: twenty-first century skills -- instrument development -- factor analysis -- survey research -- teacher effectiveness; Teachers -- In-service training -- Periodicals; Teachers -- Training of -- Periodicals; Career development -- Periodicals; 370.711
• DOI: 10.1080/13664530.2016.1143870
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1366-4530

Abstract

Abstract : A self-report scale that measures teachers' confidence in teaching students about twenty-first century skills was developed and validated with pre-service and in-service teachers. First, 16 items were created to measure teaching confidence in six areas: information literacy, collaboration, communication, innovation and creativity, problem solving, and responsible citizenship. Then, the items were tested in two groups of pre-service teachers and two groups of in-service teachers respectively. Exploratory factor analyses and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to examine the scale's validity and reliability. The analyses identified a three-construct scale including innovation and problem solving, collaboration, and utility of technology for pre-service teachers and a one-dimension scale, cross-functional skills, for in-service teachers. This study suggests that different scales should be used to measure in-service teachers' and pre-service teachers' confidence in teaching twenty-first century skills.