Development and Validation of the Pre-service Teacher Competency Scale in an Online Learning Environment Using the Scenario Method
The rapid shift to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need to equip future educators with essential skills for an online learning environment. This study aims to address this gap by developing and validating a scale to measure pre-service teacher competency in an online lea...
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| description | The rapid shift to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need to equip future educators with essential skills for an online learning environment. This study aims to address this gap by developing and validating a scale to measure pre-service teacher competency in an online learning context using the scenario method. After a comprehensive literature review, seven competencies of pre-service teachers in an online learning environment were constructed: design/planning competency, social competency, instructive competency, technological competency, management competency, positive teacher attitude competency, and learning competency. The Pre-service Teacher Competency in Online Learning Environments Scale was developed with 11 scenarios and 34 items and refined based on feedback from focus group interviews with six pre-service teachers and five in-service teachers to ensure face and content validity. The scale was then validated through confirmatory analyses and reliability analyses with 579 pre-service teachers, demonstrating good construct validity and reliability. This study contributes to teacher education by providing a validated tool that can help evaluate and enhance pre-service teacher preparation programs for online and hybrid learning environments. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-223e3d5c90f94ed1a8dddfd5d3cecd932025-08-20T03:32:07ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open2158-24402025-06-011510.1177/21582440251344753Development and Validation of the Pre-service Teacher Competency Scale in an Online Learning Environment Using the Scenario MethodJiwon Baek0Jiwoo Kim1Hyeonseong Lee2Youn-Jeng Choi3Florida State University, Tallahassee, USACornell University, Ithaca, NY, USAUniversity of Maryland, College Park, MD, USAEwha Womans University, Seoul, South KoreaThe rapid shift to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need to equip future educators with essential skills for an online learning environment. This study aims to address this gap by developing and validating a scale to measure pre-service teacher competency in an online learning context using the scenario method. After a comprehensive literature review, seven competencies of pre-service teachers in an online learning environment were constructed: design/planning competency, social competency, instructive competency, technological competency, management competency, positive teacher attitude competency, and learning competency. The Pre-service Teacher Competency in Online Learning Environments Scale was developed with 11 scenarios and 34 items and refined based on feedback from focus group interviews with six pre-service teachers and five in-service teachers to ensure face and content validity. The scale was then validated through confirmatory analyses and reliability analyses with 579 pre-service teachers, demonstrating good construct validity and reliability. This study contributes to teacher education by providing a validated tool that can help evaluate and enhance pre-service teacher preparation programs for online and hybrid learning environments.https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440251344753 |
| spellingShingle | Jiwon Baek Jiwoo Kim Hyeonseong Lee Youn-Jeng Choi Development and Validation of the Pre-service Teacher Competency Scale in an Online Learning Environment Using the Scenario Method SAGE Open |
| title | Development and Validation of the Pre-service Teacher Competency Scale in an Online Learning Environment Using the Scenario Method |
| title_full | Development and Validation of the Pre-service Teacher Competency Scale in an Online Learning Environment Using the Scenario Method |
| title_fullStr | Development and Validation of the Pre-service Teacher Competency Scale in an Online Learning Environment Using the Scenario Method |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development and Validation of the Pre-service Teacher Competency Scale in an Online Learning Environment Using the Scenario Method |
| title_short | Development and Validation of the Pre-service Teacher Competency Scale in an Online Learning Environment Using the Scenario Method |
| title_sort | development and validation of the pre service teacher competency scale in an online learning environment using the scenario method |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440251344753 |
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