Measuring Parents’ Perceptions of Programming Education in P-12 Schools: Scale Development and Validation
| Autor: | Siu Cheung Kong, Ron Chi-Wai Kwok, Robert K.Y. Li |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Programming education
media_common.quotation_subject Knowledge level 05 social sciences Scale development 050401 social sciences methods 050301 education Globe Test validity Scale validation Computer Science Applications Education medicine.anatomical_structure 0504 sociology Perception Mathematics education medicine 0503 education media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Educational Computing Research. 57:1260-1280 |
| ISSN: | 1541-4140 0735-6331 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0735633118783182 |
| Popis: | Schools around the globe increasingly realized the importance of technology and its application in the education system. To guarantee a successful educational innovation, schools seek out different parties for valuable opinions. Among them, parents are the important feedback providers, because their attitudes are influential on children’s academic performance. Moreover, their involvement and support are considered the key factor that facilitates an effective implementation of programming education at schools. This study aimed at developing and validating an instrument measuring parents’ perceptions of programming education among P-12 schools in Hong Kong. We propose that parents’ perceptions of programming education is a multidimensional construct which constitutes (a) understanding, (b) support, and (c) expectation. In total, 524 questionnaires were collected from the parents who attended programming workshops and seminars. Exploratory factor analysis shows evidence for the three-dimensional construct. Confirmatory factor analysis reconfirms the measurement structure. Implications of the study are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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