Construction of a scale measuring primary teachers’ self-efficacy to teach STEAM: the STEAM-TSES
The STEAM-TSES was developed to measure teachers’ self-efficacy (TSE) in teaching STEAM disciplines due to the lack of instruments measuring specific TSE dimensions, especially in STEAM education. This paper presents the validation results based on a sample of 805 Portuguese and Serbian primary scho...
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| description | The STEAM-TSES was developed to measure teachers’ self-efficacy (TSE) in teaching STEAM disciplines due to the lack of instruments measuring specific TSE dimensions, especially in STEAM education. This paper presents the validation results based on a sample of 805 Portuguese and Serbian primary school teachers. The scale comprises 36 items measuring TSE related to mathematics, biology, chemistry, science, and arts, the ability to motivate students, and confidence in integrating STEAM disciplines. The measurement model tested through Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling and Confirmatory Factor Analysis showed an acceptable fit to the data, supporting the existence of nine factors: five related to TSE in teaching specific subjects, three focused on motivating students in mathematics, science, and arts, and one related to integrated teaching. The analyses show good psychometric characteristics of the STEAM-TSES, and the correlations with the TSE scale indicate the validity of distinguishing constructs associated with STEAM education. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1bd6a72bf13b4d548c02f5a552fbe5ea2025-01-07T10:53:23ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Education2504-284X2025-01-01910.3389/feduc.2024.15193271519327Construction of a scale measuring primary teachers’ self-efficacy to teach STEAM: the STEAM-TSESIvana Stepanović Ilić0Francisco Peixoto1Milana Dabić Boričić2Marina Videnović3Jose Castro Silva4Nadia Ferreira5Vera Monteiro6Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, SerbiaISPA – University Institute, Centre for Research in Education (CIE-ISPA), Lisbon, PortugalFaculty of Teacher Education, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, SerbiaInstitute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, SerbiaISPA – University Institute, Centre for Research in Education (CIE-ISPA), Lisbon, PortugalISPA – University Institute, Centre for Research in Education (CIE-ISPA), Lisbon, PortugalISPA – University Institute, Centre for Research in Education (CIE-ISPA), Lisbon, PortugalThe STEAM-TSES was developed to measure teachers’ self-efficacy (TSE) in teaching STEAM disciplines due to the lack of instruments measuring specific TSE dimensions, especially in STEAM education. This paper presents the validation results based on a sample of 805 Portuguese and Serbian primary school teachers. The scale comprises 36 items measuring TSE related to mathematics, biology, chemistry, science, and arts, the ability to motivate students, and confidence in integrating STEAM disciplines. The measurement model tested through Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling and Confirmatory Factor Analysis showed an acceptable fit to the data, supporting the existence of nine factors: five related to TSE in teaching specific subjects, three focused on motivating students in mathematics, science, and arts, and one related to integrated teaching. The analyses show good psychometric characteristics of the STEAM-TSES, and the correlations with the TSE scale indicate the validity of distinguishing constructs associated with STEAM education.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2024.1519327/fullteachers’ self-efficacySTEAMprimary schoolscale developmentscale validation |
| spellingShingle | Ivana Stepanović Ilić Francisco Peixoto Milana Dabić Boričić Marina Videnović Jose Castro Silva Nadia Ferreira Vera Monteiro Construction of a scale measuring primary teachers’ self-efficacy to teach STEAM: the STEAM-TSES Frontiers in Education teachers’ self-efficacy STEAM primary school scale development scale validation |
| title | Construction of a scale measuring primary teachers’ self-efficacy to teach STEAM: the STEAM-TSES |
| title_full | Construction of a scale measuring primary teachers’ self-efficacy to teach STEAM: the STEAM-TSES |
| title_fullStr | Construction of a scale measuring primary teachers’ self-efficacy to teach STEAM: the STEAM-TSES |
| title_full_unstemmed | Construction of a scale measuring primary teachers’ self-efficacy to teach STEAM: the STEAM-TSES |
| title_short | Construction of a scale measuring primary teachers’ self-efficacy to teach STEAM: the STEAM-TSES |
| title_sort | construction of a scale measuring primary teachers self efficacy to teach steam the steam tses |
| topic | teachers’ self-efficacy STEAM primary school scale development scale validation |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2024.1519327/full |
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