A preliminary study of the measuring tool for teachers' attitude towards curriculum integration
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-1485.2014.12.005
- VernacularTitle:教师对课程整合态度的测量工具初步研究
- Author:
Xing MA
;
Libin YANG
;
Tao SUN
;
Linli YANG
;
Depin CAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Teachers;
Clinical medicine;
Curriculum integration;
Attitude;
Measuring tool
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2014;13(12):1205-1208
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective A preliminary study was conducted on the measuring tool for teachers' attitude in the medical schools towards curriculum integration of medical program.Methods Literature review and expert interview were conducted to design a questionnaire which comprised 56 items to investigate teachers' attitude towards medical curriculum integration.The method of factor analysis and Pearson correlation coefficient were used to evaluate structure validity,the content validity index I-CVI and S-CVI were used to evaluate the content validity and Cronbach's alpha coefficient and split-half reliability were used to evaluate the reliability of the questionnaire.Results Three principal components were extracted by factor analysis,which explained 59.219％ of the total variance.After rotation,the factors 1-3 were respectively defined as value recognition,participation initiative and emotional tendency.Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the three factors and all the items is 0.922,0.903,0.728 and 0.862 respectively.Conclusion The reliability and validity of the measurement tool is acceptable,and can be used as a reference for similar domestic survey
