Teachers’ professional identity: validation of an assessment instrument for preservice teachers

This study aims to develop and validate an instrument to analyse future Secondary Education teachers' perceptions regarding the development of Teachers' Professional Identity (TPI). The data were collected from a sample of 733 participants who were students enrolled in the Master's De...

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Main Authors: Elisa Pérez Gracia, Rocío Serrano Rodríguez, Alfonso Pontes Pedrajas, Antonio J. Carpio
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021021526
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author Elisa Pérez Gracia
Rocío Serrano Rodríguez
Alfonso Pontes Pedrajas
Antonio J. Carpio
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description This study aims to develop and validate an instrument to analyse future Secondary Education teachers' perceptions regarding the development of Teachers' Professional Identity (TPI). The data were collected from a sample of 733 participants who were students enrolled in the Master's Degree for Secondary Education teachers. The psychometric properties of the instrument were obtained by analysing content, and comprehension validity, construct validity and reliability. A first subsample was used for an Exploratory Factor Analysis, and a second one to verify the identified factor structure via Confirmatory Factor Analysis. The instrument is made up of 31 items in four scales namely the understanding of TPI, the development of TPI at various educational levels, the development of TPI in comparison with that of other professionals and the influencing factors. The results show that it has high levels of validity and reliability. Therefore, it provides TPI research field with an instrument to assess it during the initial teacher training period in consecutive training models where it seems to occur more identity crisis.
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spelling doaj.art-ebb6fc8375534fd49d11138de89120d72022-12-21T21:48:54ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402021-09-0179e08049Teachers’ professional identity: validation of an assessment instrument for preservice teachersElisa Pérez Gracia0Rocío Serrano Rodríguez1Alfonso Pontes Pedrajas2Antonio J. Carpio3Department of Education, Faculty of Education, University of Córdoba, SpainDepartment of Education, Faculty of Education, University of Córdoba, Spain; Corresponding author.Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Córdoba, SpainDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Córdoba, SpainThis study aims to develop and validate an instrument to analyse future Secondary Education teachers' perceptions regarding the development of Teachers' Professional Identity (TPI). The data were collected from a sample of 733 participants who were students enrolled in the Master's Degree for Secondary Education teachers. The psychometric properties of the instrument were obtained by analysing content, and comprehension validity, construct validity and reliability. A first subsample was used for an Exploratory Factor Analysis, and a second one to verify the identified factor structure via Confirmatory Factor Analysis. The instrument is made up of 31 items in four scales namely the understanding of TPI, the development of TPI at various educational levels, the development of TPI in comparison with that of other professionals and the influencing factors. The results show that it has high levels of validity and reliability. Therefore, it provides TPI research field with an instrument to assess it during the initial teacher training period in consecutive training models where it seems to occur more identity crisis.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021021526Assessment instrumentProfessional identityTeaching professionPreservice teacher education
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Rocío Serrano Rodríguez
Alfonso Pontes Pedrajas
Antonio J. Carpio
Teachers’ professional identity: validation of an assessment instrument for preservice teachers
Heliyon
Assessment instrument
Professional identity
Teaching profession
Preservice teacher education
title Teachers’ professional identity: validation of an assessment instrument for preservice teachers
title_full Teachers’ professional identity: validation of an assessment instrument for preservice teachers
title_fullStr Teachers’ professional identity: validation of an assessment instrument for preservice teachers
title_full_unstemmed Teachers’ professional identity: validation of an assessment instrument for preservice teachers
title_short Teachers’ professional identity: validation of an assessment instrument for preservice teachers
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topic Assessment instrument
Professional identity
Teaching profession
Preservice teacher education
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