Development of an Attitude Scale to Assess K-12 Teachers' Attitudes toward Nanotechnology

Lan, Yu-Ling

doi:10.1080/09500693.2011.651657

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“…tw/). The outcomes of these activities are generally considered as successful and should be continued to be implemented [11,23]. 4.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many nano educators suggest that successful nano education should take into consideration curriculum design, student learning, teaching strategies, assessment, and teacher professional development. Similarly, Lan [11] suggests that introducing some interesting concepts of nanotechnology to attract students' attention and interest is important in nano education.…”

Section: Literature Review 21 Essence Of Nano Educationmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Evaluation of the effectiveness of teacher professional development can be discussed in many ways. Some studies have assessed teachers' attitudes toward nanotechnology teaching [11,14], others have assessed teachers' knowledge of nanotechnology concepts [14,16], and a few have assessed teachers' beliefs regarding nanotechnology teaching [15]. However, studies which follow Shulman's paradigm [24] to assess teachers' knowledge and understanding of nanotechnology are rare, particularly those using large-scale survey research.…”

Section: Taiwan's Efforts Regarding Nanotechnology Education and Teacmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A more detailed description of Phases I and II of the NPNT can be accessed at http://www.twnpnt.org/english/index.asp. In addition to concern for industrial development, Taiwan's government has funded a K-12 Nanotechnology Program to train teachers to enrich their nanotechnology literacy, to enable them to teach students nanotechnology concepts [11]. Many nano-related modules and instructional materials have been developed and incorporated into science lessons.…”

Section: Taiwan's Efforts Regarding Nanotechnology Education and Teacmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Science teachers’ perceptions of nanotechnology teaching and professional development: a survey study in Taiwan

Lin¹,

Chen

Shih

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Nanotechnology Reviews

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Inclusion of nanotechnology in the science curriculum has received great attention in many countries. Taiwan's government has been funding the National Program on Nanotechnology (NPNT) for nearly 10 years. The purpose of this study was to examine Taiwanese secondary school science teachers' understanding of nanotechnology teaching after implementing the NPNT, as well as the teachers' perceptions of school support and their professional development intentions. The study adopted the questionnaire survey method. Using stratified cluster sampling, a total of 1600 questionnaires were distributed to 178 secondary schools. Finally, the responses of 663 junior high school teachers and 632 senior high school teachers who completed the instrument were analyzed. The instrument for the study is the Teachers' Perceptions of Nanotechnology Teaching Scale (TPNTS). The TPNTS included 42 Likert-scale items. The results reveal that secondary school teachers' intentions to pursue professional development are high, but their perceptions of school support are low. Teachers' knowledge and understanding of nanotechnology teaching is significantly above average, but failed to reach the "very satisfied" level. In addition, the senior high school teachers' perceptions of nanotechnology teaching and professional development are significantly higher than those of the junior high school teachers. Implications of the findings are discussed.

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“…tw/). The outcomes of these activities are generally considered as successful and should be continued to be implemented [11,23]. 4.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Review 21 Essence Of Nano Educationmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Taiwan's Efforts Regarding Nanotechnology Education and Teacmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Taiwan's Efforts Regarding Nanotechnology Education and Teacmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Science teachers’ perceptions of nanotechnology teaching and professional development: a survey study in Taiwan

Lin¹,

Chen

Shih

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Nanotechnology Reviews

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“…If this EFA factor structure was the same as the original theoretical model, the CFA was applied to validate the theoretical structure of the ASTA empirically. If the EFA factor structure was different from the original theoretical model, the CFA was applied to determine which model fitted the data best (23). Finally, SPSS 20.0 program was used for the EFA and reliability analyses, and LISREL 8.8 software was used for the CFA.…”

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Adaptation of Attitude Scale towards the Treatment of Animals to Turkish: A Validity and Reliability Study

Gül¹

2019

Erciyes Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi

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The aim of this study is to adapt to Turkish the Attitude Scale towards the Treatment of Animals (ASTA). At the first stage, the linguistic validity of the translated scale was examined by utilizing the data obtained from 4 expert academicians and 24 university students. Upon satisfaction of the linguistic validity requirements, item analysis, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were performed, respectively. For this aim, the five-point Likert Scale composed of 30 items was administered to a total of 218 teachers to be enrolled in prospective biology and science departments of Kazim Karabekir Faculty of Education in Ataturk University. After item analysis and Explanatory Factor Analysis (EFA) was performed, it was ascertained that the scale consisted of 19 items and three factors (pets, pests and profit). In order to analyse the triple factorial structure of the ASTA, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was carried out and the findings indicated that 19-item scale resulting in three factors is consistent and compatible with the data. Cronbach's Alpha for the overall scale was calculated as 0.827. As a result, the findings of this study indicate that the Turkish ASTA is a valid and reliable scale for Turkish students.

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Technology Knowledge: High School Science Teachers’ Conceptions of the Nature of Technology

Waight

2013

Int J of Sci and Math Educ

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Development of an Attitude Scale to Assess K-12 Teachers' Attitudes toward Nanotechnology

Cited by 13 publications

References 33 publications

Science teachers’ perceptions of nanotechnology teaching and professional development: a survey study in Taiwan

Science teachers’ perceptions of nanotechnology teaching and professional development: a survey study in Taiwan

Adaptation of Attitude Scale towards the Treatment of Animals to Turkish: A Validity and Reliability Study

Technology Knowledge: High School Science Teachers’ Conceptions of the Nature of Technology

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