This paper aims to investigate a test instrument measuring teachers' general pedagogical knowledge. Pre-service teachers, in-service teachers, and teacher educators from Estonia participated in a pilot study (N = 393). Item response theory analysis showed that the items fit to a unidimensional instrument assumption. Three levels of difficulty were identified: questions based on a situation description (easiest), questions connecting situations with theoretical concepts (moderate), and questions requiring theoretical knowledge (difficult). When comparing the sample groups, pre-service teachers struggled with topics that had not been part of their curriculum yet. Interestingly, in-service teachers had more difficulty with questions requiring specific theoretical knowledge while teacher educators struggled more with practical situations in a school context. An overall suggestion for future research is to review the conceptual framework in terms of linking theory and practice to connect ra...ther than to distinguish these characteristics of teachers' general pedagogical knowledge. The results of the study also contribute to further improvement of the instrument.
Keywords:
Teachers' knowledge / Knowledge test development / General pedagogical knowledge
TY - JOUR
AU - Malva, Liina
AU - Leijen, Ali
AU - Baucal, Aleksandar
PY - 2020
UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3158
AB - This paper aims to investigate a test instrument measuring teachers' general pedagogical knowledge. Pre-service teachers, in-service teachers, and teacher educators from Estonia participated in a pilot study (N = 393). Item response theory analysis showed that the items fit to a unidimensional instrument assumption. Three levels of difficulty were identified: questions based on a situation description (easiest), questions connecting situations with theoretical concepts (moderate), and questions requiring theoretical knowledge (difficult). When comparing the sample groups, pre-service teachers struggled with topics that had not been part of their curriculum yet. Interestingly, in-service teachers had more difficulty with questions requiring specific theoretical knowledge while teacher educators struggled more with practical situations in a school context. An overall suggestion for future research is to review the conceptual framework in terms of linking theory and practice to connect rather than to distinguish these characteristics of teachers' general pedagogical knowledge. The results of the study also contribute to further improvement of the instrument.
PB - Elsevier, Amsterdam
T2 - Studies in Educational Evaluation
T1 - Towards measuring teachers' general pedagogical knowledge - A mixed method investigation of a pilot test
VL - 64
DO - 10.1016/j.stueduc.2019.100815
ER -
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abstract = "This paper aims to investigate a test instrument measuring teachers' general pedagogical knowledge. Pre-service teachers, in-service teachers, and teacher educators from Estonia participated in a pilot study (N = 393). Item response theory analysis showed that the items fit to a unidimensional instrument assumption. Three levels of difficulty were identified: questions based on a situation description (easiest), questions connecting situations with theoretical concepts (moderate), and questions requiring theoretical knowledge (difficult). When comparing the sample groups, pre-service teachers struggled with topics that had not been part of their curriculum yet. Interestingly, in-service teachers had more difficulty with questions requiring specific theoretical knowledge while teacher educators struggled more with practical situations in a school context. An overall suggestion for future research is to review the conceptual framework in terms of linking theory and practice to connect rather than to distinguish these characteristics of teachers' general pedagogical knowledge. The results of the study also contribute to further improvement of the instrument.",
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journal = "Studies in Educational Evaluation",
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Malva, L., Leijen, A.,& Baucal, A.. (2020). Towards measuring teachers' general pedagogical knowledge - A mixed method investigation of a pilot test. in Studies in Educational Evaluation
Elsevier, Amsterdam., 64.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2019.100815
Malva L, Leijen A, Baucal A. Towards measuring teachers' general pedagogical knowledge - A mixed method investigation of a pilot test. in Studies in Educational Evaluation. 2020;64.
doi:10.1016/j.stueduc.2019.100815 .
Malva, Liina, Leijen, Ali, Baucal, Aleksandar, "Towards measuring teachers' general pedagogical knowledge - A mixed method investigation of a pilot test" in Studies in Educational Evaluation, 64 (2020),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2019.100815 . .
