期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2018
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：713-724
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v8-i1/3842
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：The purpose of this study is to develop and validate the Early Childhood Care and Education Curriculum Instrument designed to identify teachers’ perceptions towards the quality of early childhood curriculum in Malaysia. Through extensive review of the literature and interviews with experts and experienced teachers, items contributing to the quality of early childhood education were identified. In order to enhance the validity of this instrument, two experts had reviewed the instrument. In addition, 619 pre-school teachers were involved in this study. Factor analysis revealed four scales regarding the quality of early childhood curriculum. The four scales were (1) curriculum content; (2) curriculum review; (3) Philosophy and Core Principles; (4) Support for Special Needs. Each item in the instrument had a factor loading range between 0.96 and 0.35, while the alpha reliability coefficient for each scale ranges between 0.96 and 0.68. The findings of this study confirm the validity and reliability of the Early Childhood Care and Education Curriculum Instrument.
