Development and Validation of a Computer Education Curriculum Scale (CECS)

Authors : Kursat Arslan, Fatih Saltan

Pages : 102-111

Doi:10.17275/per.15.21.2.2

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Publication Date : 2015-08-30

Article Type : Research

Abstract :Primary school curriculum in Turkish educational system has recently been revised based upon the basic principles of constructivism. During this process, the role of teachers and students, the teaching and learning processes, and the classroom environment have been redefined. This study has been designed to develop a Computer Education Curriculum Scale (CECS) in order to assess attitudes of primary school teachers towards the new curriculum and to determine and compare opinions of teachers on the implementation and effectiveness of the new curriculum. For this purpose, a 29-item Likert-type Computer Education Curriculum Scale was developed and administrated to 61 teachers working at primary schools from various cities of Turkey, who voluntarily participated in the study. And all participants serve in public schools, and have at least three years of experience as computer education and technology teacher. For data collection process, an online form of instrument was developed and collected data from participants by sharing it through online forms. As a result of statistical analyses on the survey data, 5 subscales were determined. These subscales are named as recognition of the new curriculum, course structure changes, identification of the teaching environment, application of the new curriculum, and role and contribution of teachers. Cronbach’s alpha value of the whole instrument is 0.75.
Keywords : Computer Education, curriculum, primary school, technology education