A Study on Development of Ethical Dilemmas Scale in Teaching Profession：Validity and Reliability

Abstract

Introduction: This study was to develop A Scale of Professional Ethical Dilemma for Teachers and verified the reliability and validity of the questionnaire, to provide an objective and effective measurement tool for the evaluation of the professional ethics dilemma of teachers. It may provide an empirical research tool for teachers' ethical dilemmas and scientifically assess the level of teachers' dilemmas.Methods: It used literature review and teachers interview to select the contents of questionnaire, did pilot test and expert judgment to form the experimental version of scale.Results: This study developed a scale of professional ethical dilemma for Chinese teachers. 1. Cronbach' α coefficient for each factor was between 0.720-0.751, Cronbach' α coefficient for the whole scale was 0.881, the scale had good internal consistency, stability, and reliability, 2. through correlation analysis, the correlation coefficient between each factor was between 0.389 and 0.654, the correlation coefficient between each factor and the total scale was between 0.670 and 0.889, the scale had good structural validity. 3. Through exploratory factor analysis, the total variance explained of the common factors after the axis was 57.007%, and 4. through confirmatory factor analysis, the result was in line with the overall model fitting test index in modeling research.Conclusions: This study developed a scale, it can be used as an effective tool to evaluate the level of professional ethics dilemma of teachers.