A scale to measure educators’ musical skills in early childhood education

Zarza-Alzugaray F.J. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; García Gil D. ; Casanova O. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Orejudo S. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Evaluating skills of students training to become teachers in early childhood education (ECE) is a key measure to improve their training and, subsequently, to bring about improvements in the way they train their pupils. No research literature specifically describing a scale designed to measure educators’ musical skills at the ECE level has been previously published. In view of this lack, we carried out the customary procedures for designing and validating a psychological measurement scale: on the basis of a sample of university students (n = 209), we created a valid, reliable tool that allows researchers to evaluate and quantify how teacher trainees perceive their own musical skills. By applying EFA, Parallel Analysis, and CFA, we observed the emergence of four differentiated categories distributed along 25 items in the questionnaire''s final version. To improve and refine this tool, further research and study replication in a series of different educational contexts would be required. © 2021 The Author(s)

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2021.101085

Año: 2021

Publicado en: Studies in Educational Evaluation 71 (2021), [11 pp]
ISSN: 0191-491X

Factor impacto JCR: 2.704 (2021)

Categ. JCR: PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL rank: 27 / 60 = 0.45 (2021) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH rank: 109 / 270 = 0.404 (2021) - Q2 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 3.9 - Social Sciences (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.818 - Education (Q1)

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Área Didáctica Expres. Musical (Dpto. Expres.Music.Plást.Corp.)
Área (Departamento): Área Psicolog.Evolut.Educac (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)