摘要：The purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable early childhood teacher efficacy scale. As pan of this process,the final version of the early childhood teacher efficacy scale was examined in order to reflect the characteristics of the subjects who participated in this study,namely,598 in-service teachers employed at kindergartens and child care centers. Our data was analyzed according to both the reliability and validity of the scale,the main results of this study were as follows. The overall internal consistency was relatively high (Cronbach’s a = .91 — .93). In addition,the content reliability was examined by a panel of experts in the field. The results of the factor analyses identified 6 sub-constructs with 59 items,thus clearly establishing the construct validity. Moreover,the concurrent validity of this scale was established. The results of correlational and t-test analyses found that the constructs of this scale reflected the characteristics of early childhood teachers.
关键词：early childhood teacher efficacy;validity study;variables related to teacher efficacy
