Development, Factor Analysis, and Validation of an EFL Teacher Change Scale (TCS)
The concept of teacher change is critical in second language teaching and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context due largely to the fact that, almost, whatever we do in teacher education looks for initiating change of one sort or another. A substantial body of research has been dedicated to inv...
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| description | The concept of teacher change is critical in second language teaching and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context due largely to the fact that, almost, whatever we do in teacher education looks for initiating change of one sort or another. A substantial body of research has been dedicated to investigate teacher change (TC) from various perspectives. However, having studied the related literature, we found no robust, valid and reliable measure for TC in EFL context. Accordingly, effort was made to develop and validate a reliable and valid measure that could assess TC in an EFL context. The review of the prior research resulted in the collection of 186 items affecting TC out of which a temporary data driven model of teacher change was developed. 324 Ph.D. and M.A. graduated EFL teachers took part in exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the initial measure. Finally, a 66-item scale consisting of three components and thirteen sub-components was developed.The results showed both factorial validity andinternal consistency reliability for the measure.The TCSsubscales also had strong validity evidence based on the associationsfound. This study has various applications for language teachers and practitioners in the field. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1b4ccb66411b4fc48d17a0f3fbc7fbef2023-02-17T06:08:04ZengUniversity of Sistan and BaluchestanIranian Journal of Applied Language Studies2008-54942322-36502016-07-018212315810.22111/ijals.2016.30833083Development, Factor Analysis, and Validation of an EFL Teacher Change Scale (TCS)Reza Khany0Mahdieh Fakhar Shahreza1Ilam UniversityIlam UniversityThe concept of teacher change is critical in second language teaching and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context due largely to the fact that, almost, whatever we do in teacher education looks for initiating change of one sort or another. A substantial body of research has been dedicated to investigate teacher change (TC) from various perspectives. However, having studied the related literature, we found no robust, valid and reliable measure for TC in EFL context. Accordingly, effort was made to develop and validate a reliable and valid measure that could assess TC in an EFL context. The review of the prior research resulted in the collection of 186 items affecting TC out of which a temporary data driven model of teacher change was developed. 324 Ph.D. and M.A. graduated EFL teachers took part in exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the initial measure. Finally, a 66-item scale consisting of three components and thirteen sub-components was developed.The results showed both factorial validity andinternal consistency reliability for the measure.The TCSsubscales also had strong validity evidence based on the associationsfound. This study has various applications for language teachers and practitioners in the field.https://ijals.usb.ac.ir/article_3083_9062a98dcedea78d0ee4cddead855e3f.pdfefl teacher change scale (efltcs)validationexploratory factor analysisconfirmatory factor analysis |
| spellingShingle | Reza Khany Mahdieh Fakhar Shahreza Development, Factor Analysis, and Validation of an EFL Teacher Change Scale (TCS) Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies efl teacher change scale (efltcs) validation exploratory factor analysis confirmatory factor analysis |
| title | Development, Factor Analysis, and Validation of an EFL Teacher Change Scale (TCS) |
| title_full | Development, Factor Analysis, and Validation of an EFL Teacher Change Scale (TCS) |
| title_fullStr | Development, Factor Analysis, and Validation of an EFL Teacher Change Scale (TCS) |
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| title_short | Development, Factor Analysis, and Validation of an EFL Teacher Change Scale (TCS) |
| title_sort | development factor analysis and validation of an efl teacher change scale tcs |
| topic | efl teacher change scale (efltcs) validation exploratory factor analysis confirmatory factor analysis |
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