An education for sustainable development self-efficacy scale for primary pre-service teachers: construction and validation |
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| Authors: | George Malandrakis Penelope Papadopoulou Costas Gavrilakis Athanasios Mogias |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Primary Education, University of Western Macedonia, Florina, Greece;2. Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Western Macedonia, Florina, Greece;3. Department of Primary Education, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece;4. Department of Primary Education, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece |
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| Abstract: | A scale was developed to assess primary school Teachers’ Self-Efficacy on Education for Sustainable Development (TSESESD). It includes four domains of competences: values and ethics, systems thinking, emotions and feelings, and actions. The scale development is consistent with key principles of educational and social psychology research. Nine hundred twenty-four (924) primary education student teachers and 88 in-service primary teachers participated in the study. Findings demonstrated that TSESESD has good psychometric properties, strong validity and reliability scores, adequate internal consistency (Cronbach α?=?0.97), and satisfactory mean inter-correlation of items within domains (M?=?0.78). TSESESD is considered a reliable instrument for teacher preparation programs aiming to develop primary school teachers’ self-efficacy in ESD. |
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| Keywords: | education for sustainable development pre-service teachers self-efficacy scale |
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