Designing Scale for Caring Teacher at Primary School

Nowshadi, Dr. Naser; Junghorban, Soraya; Firouzi, Dr. Mohammad Reza

Designing Scale for Caring Teacher at Primary School

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Assistant Professor, Yasouj University, IRAN.

² Master Degree Student in Educational Researches, Yasouj University, IRAN.

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Yasouj University, IRAN.

Abstract

This research aimed to design valid and reliable scale to measure caring teacher in primary school. In order to design caring teacher, various phases (preparation of statements treasures, field trial and final model) was prepared. To this end, a random sample of 384 (110 males and 274 females) elementary teachers in Esfahan city were selected by using Cochran's sampling method to explore their perceived dimensions of caring teacher. Also in this article, theoretical foundations was based on Lipman and Noddings. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were used to examine validity. For exploratory factor analysis half of the sample selected and factorial structure of the questionnaire were evaluated using principal component analysis and varimax rotation. The results indicate a four-factor solution. Then by using LISREL 8.8 software confirmatory, factor analysis was measured. The results showed three- factor model with 17 items such as Respect for students, assimilation feelings, and transfer motivation. Alfa coefficients and test-retest for determining the reliability was used.

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