Developing a Measurement Instrument for Teacher Key Competencies

• In Event: 15.061 - MTCC Roundtable Session Two
  In Roundtable Session: 15.061-2 - Advances in Measuring Dimensions of Teachers and Teaching

Abstract

Based on case study of exemplary teachers, this study constructed a theory on key competencies for teachers and employed the Rasch model to develop an instrument for measuring the key competencies. Among the three dimensions of teacher key competencies, it was found that teachers scored high in professional ethics and professional teaching, but low in professional learning. One-way ANOVA showed that teachers’ competencies were significantly different on many demographic characteristics (p=0.00). The validated measurement instrument and findings from this study are informative for education bureaus and schools interested in understanding and developing teachers’ competencies.

Authors

• Jing Lin, Beijing Normal University

• Xiufeng Liu, University at Buffalo - SUNY

• Chun-Yen Chang, National Taiwan Normal University

• Tianying Sun, Beijing Normal University

• Xiaoyu Shi, Beijing Normal University